Hospitalist - APP Lead (Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner)

• Average Daily Encounters: 71
• 2 Physician/1 APP hospitalist team
• The team is supported by IAC RN to facilitate operations
• Open 12-bed ICU
• Integrated EM and HM team approach
• Flexible schedule

Benefits

Nearly every specialty of medicine and surgery is represented in this 164-bed acute care community hospital with a 12-bed ICU. Indiana Regional, one of the few independent healthcare providers in the state, is owned and run by the community, not by the shareholders.

• Services include; Stroke Center, Wound Care Center with two hyperbaric chambers, OB, Joint Replacement Program, pain clinic with advanced modalities, comprehensive sleep disorders lab/program, STEMI lab, Vascular surgery, and advanced neuro-diagnostics lab
• Comprehensive certified Center for Oncology with IMRT, IGRT, HDR brachytherapy, prostate seed therapy and chemotherapy
• Inpatient geriatric psych and acute rehab units
• Advanced Imaging with PET/CT, MRI, 64-slice CT, nuclear medicine, cath/angio labs and PACS
• Hospital EMR: Cerner Hospitalist Service

Indiana is a centrally located county seat of Indiana County, 60 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the largest of the 14 state-owned universities at about 15,000 total enrollment, is the largest employer in the county.

The community is well-known for its quality school system that is highly ranked in the state and has been nationally recognized. There are a great many activities available for residents of Indiana. Outdoor sports include fishing, hunting, golfing, tennis, as well as, swimming, boating, hiking, and camping with a variety of locations. The metropolitan amenities of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh International Airport are an easy drive away.

• ED Volume: 34,000
• Broad pathology with a 20% admission rate
• The modern, 23-room ED is very nice and has an efficient layout
• Cerner EMR
• Well-equipped including GlideScope and ED ultrasound
• Active EMS program offering medical command and education to a number of local services

At US Acute Care Solutions, you will have the opportunity to practice compassionate, attentive, and quality care with a group that invests in your growth, while valuing and rewarding your expertise. Our Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners work side by side with our physicians as clinical colleagues, with support through their own local, regional, and national APP leadership. As the country s leading physician-owned acute care group, we understand how important it is to be supported in leadership by your APP colleagues to focus on what s important: quality patient care.

Details

• The Lead APP s primary responsibility is to care for patients by building highly reliable, high performing APP clinicians who are part of the physician-APP team to produce effective outcomes for their patients and the organization
• The Site Lead APP is responsible for providing leadership of all APP Hospitalist staff at a single hospital
• They collaborate with the Medical Director, hospitalist physicians, nursing leadership team, and hospital medical staff to ensure the in-patient care delivery model achieves high-quality in-patient care that evolves to match the needs of the patients, the hospital, and the community
• As a leader they are accountable for creating an inclusive work environment, providing recognition, performance coaching and career guidance to the APP team and creating a pipeline of talent for the organization.