Mary Washington Healthcare is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Observation Unit for a job in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Observation Unit
• Discipline: Nurse Practitioner
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Start the day excited to make a difference end the day knowing you did. Come join our team.

Job Summary:

Assists the supervising physician in the management of patients, and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under the physician's supervision. The P.A. works closely and assists the physician in providing quality, efficient and continuous cost-effective care.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Obtain, record, and dictate medical histories.
• Perform record and dictate physical examinations.
• Dictate discharge and transfer summaries.
• Make daily rounds, record progress notes, write routine orders (comfort and diet, laboratory tests, non-invasive examinations).
• Prepare patients for discharge from the hospital.
• Educate patients and family regarding disease, procedures, medications, nutrition, health care and post-discharge care.
• Act as liaison between patients and physician.
• Act as liaison between nursing and physician.
• Educate office staff in the form of in-services.
• Request consults from appropriate physicians.
• Follow-up with outpatients.
• Handle phone calls from patients and home health nurses.
• Evaluate patients who require a medical consult.
• Assist the physician in all aspects of patient care as requested.
• Manage appropriate patient databases.
• Will perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Virginia Physician Assistant license required.
• Virginia Nurse Practitioner license required.
• AHA BLS Provider CPR required at hire
• Previous experience as a PA preferred.
• Previous experience as an NP preferred.

As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

Mary Washington Healthcare Job ID. Posted job title: pa or np - observation unit - full time

About Mary Washington Healthcare

Join Mary Washington Healthcare, one of Virginia's fastest-growing healthcare systems and the region's premier healthcare provider. Our nursing jobs, allied health, and physician jobs promote growth through career advancement and support in an environment designed for success.

MWHC offers all the benefits of a big city healthcare system in the beautiful setting of the Virginia countryside, with easy access to Washington, DC and Richmond. Our regional medical system includes two state-of-the-art hospitals - Mary Washington Hospital, a Magnet-designated, Level II Trauma Center and Stafford Hospital. Our Centers of Excellence include Regional Cancer Center, Virginia Heart & Vascular Institute, Human Motion Institute, Women's Health Institute and The Neurosciences Center.

Benefits

• 403b retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Employee assistance programs
• Holiday Pay
• Pet insurance
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Life insurance
• Discount program