Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant)- Sleep Medicine

• Performs and documents the history and physical exam, gathers data from the medical record, reviews outside medical records, communicates with referring providers, and develops and implements the plan of care.
• Monitors and documents the progress of each patient, revises plan of care as needed, interprets and monitors test results. Identifies and appropriately intervenes with problems that require specialty referral or escalation to a higher level of care.
• Acts as a consultant and presents current educational programs to requesting community groups, organizations, or individuals.
• Contributes to the education and research mission of the organization through participation in research or quality improvement projects, presentations, professional organizations, precepting, and other scholarly activities.
• Functions as a role model and encourages professional behaviors in dealing with patients, families, significant others, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Represents advanced practice, Department, or Division on appropriate organizational committees.
• Abides by applicable National Jewish policies, and complies with all laws, rules, and regulations concerning advanced practice, including but not limited to Colorado Medical Board, Joint Commission Medicare and Medicaid rules and regulations.
• Maintains current license, board certification, BLS and/or ACLS or PALS certification appropriate to clinical responsibilities and stays up to date with changes in regulations.

• Collaboration/Teamwork: Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals; works with employees and across his/her department to achieve shared goals; treat others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others.
• Ethics: Practices ethically; demonstrates compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of all people; advocates for healthcare consumer’s rights to informed decision-making and self-determination; maintains therapeutic relationships and professional boundaries; safeguards privacy and confidentiality of healthcare consumers, and their data and information.
• Evidence-based Practice and Research: Integrates evidence and research findings into practice; Articulates the values of research and its application relative to the healthcare setting; identifies questions in the healthcare setting and practice; uses current evidence-based knowledge, including research findings, to guide practice; incorporates evidence when initiating change in practice.
• Informing and Communicating: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Professional Development: Actively identifies learning opportunities to support APP competencies; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill to enhance contribution to the organization.
• Quality of Practice: Contributes to quality clinical practice: Ensures practice is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, and patient centered; identifies barriers and opportunities to improve safety, effectiveness, efficiency, equitability, timeliness, and patient centeredness; recommends strategies to improve quality and safety.

• Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
• Be well groomed, appropriate for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
• Comply with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
• Foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the institution.
• Adhere to safe working practices and follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures.
• Wear appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements.

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