Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Per Diem

**When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.** Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Per Diem **Job Description:** Hospitalist Service Job details: The NP/PA will provide consultative medical support to orthopedic and other surgical patients throughout the hospital. Responsibilities include performing initial consultation on high-risk post-operative patients in the orthopedic and spine services. Daily follow-up of these patients is required as determined by the patients' medical status. Hospitalist NPs and PAs are expected to work closely with the orthopedic/surgical teams to coordinate patient care. This includes daily rounding, full assessment of medical conditions, reviewing accuracy of medications, management or perioperative medical conditions, daily documentation, and coordination of discharge with case manager and attending physician. The hospital is staffed, 24 hours a day, by a hospitalist physician who provides assistance and clinical supervision. Communication with patients' PCPs is required when changes to patients' medication profile are instituted and to arrange for follow-up of any post-operative complication. New England Baptist Hospital is a center of excellence for orthopedic surgery, and a large number of the post-operative orthopedic population has multiple co-morbidities. Therefore, a thorough and detail-oriented approach to patient care is essential, and a strong acute-care medical background is required. **EDUCATION, LICENSE, CERTIFCATION REQUIRED:** + Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program + Current licensure to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts + Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or Certification to practice as Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner + A minimum of 2 to 4 years of acute care inpatient experience is required, preferably in the management of complex medical patients. + Current DEA license Current American Heart Association BLS and ACLS certification **Pay Range:** $64.19 - $87.29 The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law. **As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.** **More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.** **Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled**