Endocrinology - Advanced Practice Provider

Advanced Practice Providers in the Endocrinology Department are clinicians who provide clinical care for patients admitted to Catholic Medical Center.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Endocrinology Advanced Practice Providers will engage in direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to:

1. Provide inpatient consultations Monday through Friday, 8 AM-4PM, with the expectation of completing consults within 24 hours, and stat consults within working hours, with the expectation of responding within one hour.

2. Provide weekend call for critical need consults only.

3. Expertise in managing insulin pump therapy, continuous glucose monitoring and diabetes management, comfortable caring for post-surgical cardiac and bariatric patients, and OB/GYN endocrine specialty needs.

4. Direct contact and consultation with patients and when permitted, with family members,
friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care
plans.

5. Appropriate and on-going communications with hospital medicine physicians and care team who routinely manage the care of patients currently in the hospital.

6. Accurate and timely completion of all clinical and professional records and documentation to
assure optimal patient care and compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure
and accreditation requirements.

7. Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams and align this work
with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.

8. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Qualifications

Education: Minimum requirements APRN or PA-C license and a Federal DEA registration.

Experience:

Two years' experience practicing in Endocrinology preferred and/or Endocrinology Fellowship preferred.

Degrees, Licensure and/or Certification:

Advanced Practice Provider will maintain a current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of New Hampshire, federal and state prescriptive authority, and will obtain and maintain board certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Clinical training and skills as mandated by respective APRN or PA-C board
2. Ability to work with electronic medical records
3. Ability to work with others in a cooperative, collaborative manner
   and within a cross-cultural situation
4. Strong written and oral communication skills