APP Hospitalist NP or PA-C

Title

APP Hospitalist NP or PA-C

Location

BBC Bronson Battle Creek, BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital

Description

Bronson Healthcare is seeking to hire a physician assistant or nurse practitioner to work with our excellent hospitalist team.

Position Highlights

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients who are admitted to the Bronson hospitalist service, including managing chronic conditions, addressing acute medical issues, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals.
• Work in the emergency department assisting with the admission of patients who are coming onto the hospitalist service.
• Work shifts, including nights and weekends.
• Opportunity to participate in the Advanced Medicine Clinic.
• Full-time opportunity rotating between Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, Bronson Methodist Hospital and Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Current unrestricted or pending licensure in the state of Michigan.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient‑centered care.
• Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications.
• Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) in place.
• Maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges.
• Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and other software relevant to the job.
• Regularly communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (using SBAR technique).
• Communicate with internal customers such as physicians, multidisciplinary team, finance, management, and external customers such as patients, third‑party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive and focused histories and physical examinations; interpret laboratory and radiologic tests; correlate patient data to formulate a diagnosis; develop a treatment plan within scope of practice.
• Assist in concurrent clinical management and coordinate care with multidisciplinary team to facilitate patient progress towards outcomes, including discharge or transfer of care.
• Act as a clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team; identify common patient complications and utilize appropriate preventative measures.
• Assist in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.
• Perform initial comprehensive assessment to determine if higher intensity of service is required; facilitate timely discharge/transfers to the appropriate level of care.
• Evaluate and appropriately manage patients; evaluate lab, EKG and imaging studies; complete appropriate documentation to support billing, medical care, orders, progress notes.
• Provide support for nursing questions and evaluate status changes for patients.

Benefits

• A supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Competitive compensation with annual quality incentives.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Relocation assistance, CME stipend and sign‑on bonus.

Shift

First shift.

Time Type

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40 hours

Culture Statement

At Bronson, we believe all people should have full and equal access to opportunities to live healthy lives and are committed to achieving that access across our health system. We are building a culture of belonging in an environment free of prejudice, negative bias, and stereotypes for those we employ and the communities we serve. We are striving to employ the best teams in the communities we serve to enhance the quality of care we provide and the interactions we have with our patients, families, colleagues, and communities. We have a strategic focus on living our values by showing respect, building trust, uncovering, and addressing avoidable and unjust conditions that negatively impact individual health and wellbeing. We dedicate ourselves to seeing and advocating for all, removing barriers to care, and reducing disparities to conscientiously fulfill our mission that all have full and equal access to the opportunities to live healthy lives: Together, we advance the health of our communities.

Contact

Interested candidates, please email CV to Hilary Wade at