PA - Emergency Medicine (Concord Hospital Health System)

Location
Laconia, New Hampshire
Posted
Oct 22, 2024
Closes
Dec 21, 2024
Ref
R19984
Contract Type
Full Time
Summary

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and the Physician's Assistant provide medical care to patients throughout the lifespan in the Emergency Department. Patient care is provided in collaboration with a CHMG physician.

Education

Completion of Master's degree in Advanced Practice Nursing or Physician's Assistant.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Licensure required: NH License as APRN or Physician's Assistant, Current DEA License

Experience

Prior Emergency Medicine provider experience preferred.

Responsibilities
  • Obtains patient health history and performs physical examination.
  • Orders and interprets diagnostic tests.
  • Diagnoses acute and chronic medical problems within the scope of practice.
  • Prescribes and manages medications within the practice standards.
  • Provides preventive care, screenings and patient education according to guidelines.
  • Meets productivity standard of the practice/department.
  • Documents care provided in the medical record according to practice/department standards.

Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

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If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, you may contact Human Resources at 603-230-7269.

Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds.

The employee is frequently required to bend, do fine motor, hear, reach, sit, speak, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to do repetitive motion, squat, and stand.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.

The employee is frequently exposed to bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne pathogens, chemotherapeutic agents, toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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