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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Lakewood, OH
Lakewood, Ohio

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Job Summary:

Cleveland Clinic is currently seeking a Coordinator APRN PA for a full time position with the Regional Chronic Care Clinics. This position is primarily outpatient, but will involve some inpatient contact. The successful candidate will be responsible for seeing patients and directing their care in the Chronic Care Clinics across the enterprise. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: patient recruitment from in-patient units, supporting the chronically ill in the outpatient setting (heart failure, diabetes, COPD, CKD). The goal of this position is focusing on population health, reducing admissions and keeping patients out of the hospital. This position involves a great deal of collaboration with referring physicians, RN/LPN and PSR's to support patients. The schedule for this position is Monday -- Friday, no holidays, weekends or call. Experience as an NP or PA is required and experience with Chronic Disease management (CHF, CRF, COPD) is strongly preferred.

Oversees the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse/Physician Assistant function at the institution of practice. May assist administration with scheduling, and review of APRN/PA duties and responsible for ensuring appropriate utilization of APRN/PA's throughout the organization. Functions as an APRN/PA in collaboration with a Physician.

Job Responsibilities:

* Oversees APRN/PA's practice within the department/hospital/institute.

* With the supervision of the Administration, assists with the hiring, orientation, reviewing, scheduling, supervising and training of APRN/PA's.

* Schedules and assigns Advanced Practice Registered Nurses/Physician Assistants to maintain appropriate staffing and coverage.

* Develops and implements competencies for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses/Physician Assistants (with assistance from the APRN/PA Directors).

* Attends assigned meetings.

* Communicates any new or updated information from Administration.

* Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations based upon the age and patient history as per the Standard Care Arrangement with a collaborating physician.

* Identifies significant health and medical risk factors.

* Orders, interprets and evaluates laboratory test and other diagnostic studies to assess patient's clinical problems and health care needs.

* Develops a diagnosis by analyzing and synthesizing collected data.

* In collaboration with the physician, develops a treatment plan along with the patient and significant others.

* Performs diagnostic or therapeutic interventions consistent with certification, law and Cleveland Clinic privileges.

* Prescribes and monitors medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through the applicable state Board of Nursing and CCF policy.

* Educates patients regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.

* Performs routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, managing simple conditions produced by infection or trauma, assisting in the management of more complex illness and injury which may include assisting surgeons in conducting operations and taking initiative in performing evaluation and therapeutic procedures in response to life-threatening situations, as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.

* Performs specialized procedures as per delineation of privilege.

* Other duties as assigned.

Education:

* PA: Graduate of an A.R.C.-approved Physician Assistant Program.

* Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies and/or applicable state licensure through the State Medical Board for certificate to practice.

* APRN: Effective 05/01/2014: MSN required upon hire or within 5 years of hire for external hires and internal hires moving from a non-APRN licensed role to an APRN licensed role.

* Applicable state licensed through the State Medical Board for certificate to practice.

Certifications:

* Licensure in the State of practice.

* Prescriptive authority or eligible to apply for licensure to prescribe from the State Medical Board within the first 6 months of hiring.

* If employee has held a license to prescribe within another jurisdiction and needs to obtain a Master's degree in order to apply for CT prescribe from applicable state, the candidate will be subject for review for eligibility for hiring within our system.

* APRN: Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association (AHA) required upon hire.

* PA: Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association (AHA) required within 6 months of hire.

Competencies (Complexity of Work):

* Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

* Demonstrated competency and the ability to perform advanced assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan development, and invasive procedures as per clinical privileges.

* Ability to interact effectively with all members of the Institute/department/hospital and other Cleveland Clinic employees at all levels.

* Strong planning and organizational skills.

* Working knowledge of computers and data base programs.

Work Experience:

* Minimum one year clinical experience with previous supervisory experience preferred.

* Demonstrates superior knowledge and expertise in the area of specialization.

Physical Requirements:

* Ability to stand for long periods of time.

* Requires extensive walking, sitting and stair climbing.

* Manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination to perform physical examinations.

* Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to a normal range.

* Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 50 pounds.

* May require exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids

Personal Protective Equipment:

* Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our employees and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. Job offers will be rescinded for candidates for employment who test positive for nicotine. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after 90 days. Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic facility.

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities