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Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware's healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, a s well as stand -alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid E mergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton . We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore . Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!

Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:

Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans

Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision

Disability and Life Insurance options

On Site Child Care

Educational Reimbursement

Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts

Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!

Location: Kent Campus Hospital

Status: Full Time 80 Hours

Shift: Variable

SALARY RANGE: .23HOURLY

General Summary

Works in collaboration with an emergency department physician to assess the physical and/or mental needs of patients admitted to the emergency department. Orders, interprets, and records results of clinical tests and reports results to physicians. Prescribes medications and makes recommendations for other therapeutic forms of treatment. Emergency Department APC's should collaborate with emergency department physicians and physicians of other specialties as well as other members of the emergency department staff. Emergency physicians APC's must evaluate a wide variety of ailments, sometimes with little to no information. They must be able to think and act quickly to make a tentative diagnosis and determine the appropriate course of treatment.

Responsibilities

Provide patient medical services, which are limited to services within the training and experience of the practitioner.
Obtain complete, detailed and accurate medical histories on patients.
Performs health assessments and physical examinations and record all pertinent patient data.
Collaborate with physicians and other health professionals
Interpret and integrate patient data for the purposes of establishing presumptive diagnoses and the general workup of the patient by ordering appropriate laboratory studies, radiology and other special examinations or diagnostic procedures required for the evaluation of illness.
Evaluate and disposition patients in the emergency department in a productive manner with a good flow and a goal of 2.0 patients per hour.
Suture wounds, perform allowed procedures, prescribe, and administer drugs in accordance with federal and state laws and standards of practice.
Provide instructions and guidance and counseling regarding medical care matter to patients and their families.
Triage patients and complete call backs as instructed.
Complete patient charts in EPIC within 72 hours of seeing patient
Provide monthly schedule availability within time frame established.
Maintain licenses, required certificates and education; including Bayhealth annual education.
Review all medical (laboratory and radiology) reports concerning patients.
Attend staff and committee meetings unless working, post night or late evening shifts or have an excused absence.
All other duties as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities.

Required Education, Credential(s) And Experience

Education: Bachelor Degree

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Additional education may be required for some specialty areas and has passed the boards.

Credential(s): Nurse Practitioner-Certified

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Experience: Required: Can be part of core PA or APN training.

Preferred Education, Credential(s) And Experience

Education: Master Degree

Master Degree

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