Position Summary:

This is an Advanced Practice Professional (APP) job opening. Both qualified/experienced NP and PA applicants will be considered, as well as new graduates. New graduates must have experience working in a psych hospital as an RN.

The APP will coordinate care of this patient population in collaboration with all members of the health care team. This is a contingent position, supporting Primary Care based out of Kingswood Hospital. This position will be 100% inpatient.

Ideal candidates will have 1 year or more of work experience as an APP

APP candidates should be family Nurse Practitioner or Adult Nurse Practitioner

- Independently evaluates patients in the hospital

- Ordering/interpreting testing and lab results, modifying plan of care to address results

- Provide clinical expertise and direction to support patient medication management

- Maintain accurate documentation regarding patient status, evaluations, and treatments to physicians, streamline the patient transfer process between levels of care, including communicating specific patient needs to internal and external team members

- Perform other related duties as required to assure patient safety and satisfaction

- Participate in the development and presentation of educational experiences for patients, families, and health care professionals

Weekend requirement - may be necessary sometimes as this is a contingent position

Conditions of Employment

- Employee Health requires all employed providers to complete a health screen per HFHS policy. Henry Ford Health is committed to fostering the good health and welfare of all people, and to improve the health and productive lives of its employees and their families. To accomplish this goal, Henry Ford Health maintains a smoke-free environment for its employees, members, patients, and visitors in accordance with appliable state law.

- Successful credentialing process

- Must maintain professional certification status

- **All offers are contingent on credentialing/privileging**

Working Conditions:

Moderate physical activity. Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 25 pounds or standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day.

Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment

Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment

Will work with blood or blood-borne pathogens and will require OSHA training

Provides inpatient medical care, with the supervision but not necessarily the presence of a qualified physician member of the medical staff; e.g.: Patient history, physical examination, ordering and interpreting tests, making diagnoses and instituting treatment plans. Provides inpatient consultation on internal medicine conditions, and may unction as a critical team member on the hospital code team. In conjunction with the supervising physician conducts admission evaluations and assessments and provides inpatient medical coverage for community physicians as necessary. May be required to take call. Specific procedures within the Department of Medicine are individually credentialed as indicated by training and experience. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Requires Masters Degree in Nursing; Licensure as Certified Nurse Practitioner; Licensure as a Registered Nurse; and BCLS Certification.