Postpartum per diem APP

Responsibilities:  

The advanced practice provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the acute care hospital setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comprehensive care for women of childbearing age on the postpartum unit. 

  Assessment & Management 

• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record. 

• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated. 

• The APP may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions. 

• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures. 

Diagnosis 

• Obtain a comprehensive health history and physical examination, order and interpret common laboratory and diagnostic studies.  

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions. 

• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision. 

• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority. 

• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions 

Formulates Plan of Care 

• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs. 

• Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum. 

• Implements and modifies plan of care. 

• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions. 

• May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation. 

Communication and Collaboration 

• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team. 

• Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care. 

Documentation 

• Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and or clinic note where applicable. (h&p, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary) 

• Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity. 

Professional Practice 

• Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including: preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of graduate students. 

• Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidence-based practice. 

• Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings. 

• Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization. 

Qualifications 

Master’s Degree 

National Board Certification as a Women’s Healthcare or  Physician Assistant 

NRP  

BLS certification 

Requirements 

Minimum 3 years professional clinical experience in labor and delivery or postpartum is required