APP Coordinator - Emergency Medicine **Athens, OH**

 

1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week

Competitive benefits package and pay based on experience level

 

 

Coordinates clinical program activities, including communication with stakeholders, scheduling, and resource management to ensure successful program implementation. Provides healthcare to individuals or groups that requires knowledge and skill obtained from advanced formal education, certification, and clinical experience. Practices within professional scope, promotes patient advocacy in accordance with the profession’s Code of Ethics, and maintains a current Ohio Advanced license.

 

 

Essential Functions:

• Implements and upholds values and standards while collaborating to develop program goals and best practice guidelines. Utilizes evidence-based practice and serves as a clinical expert for policies procedures, documentation, and skills.
• Upholds professional competence to support program operations and provide expert consultation to team members on clinical operations and program growth.
• Assesses patients and/or populations, develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care, clearly documents, and communicates information efficiently.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures according to established guidelines and standards. Leverages technology and informatics to optimize healthcare outcomes.
• Assists in the education, training, and development of new and existing staff members. Commits to continued professional development of self and others.
• Engages in the “community of the work unit” by staying aware of changes, participating in data collection or auditing, and engaging in Quality Improvement.
• Contributes to the division, specialty goals, and strategic plan.

Education Requirement:

Master of Science degree or equivalent provision, required.

Licensure Requirement:

Licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA) in the state of Ohio, required.

Certifications:

Maintains national certification as APRN in the appropriate population foci for the position, or PA, required. 

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 100 lbs or greater with assistance, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 61-100 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Squat/kneel

FREQUENTLY: Depth perception, Repetitive hand/arm use, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near, Sitting

 

 

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"