Advanced Practice Registered Nurses / Physician Assistants
Internal Number: 612060
The GI Hospitalist APP will provide inpatient support to the gastroenterology service and work directly with the gastroenterology service, primarily the GI hospitalist. The GI hospitalist service will be a primary service managing the acute hospitalization related to GI disease processes.
Prerequisites:
Graduate of an accredited NP or PA program
Board certified (ACNP or NCCPA certification)
BLS
Virginia License
DEA
Job Responsibilities:
Works in collaboration with the GI Hospitalist attending to provide acute care gastroenterology services.
Management of various GI disease processes such as GERD, PUD, GI bleeding, esophageal and variceal bleeding, GI cancers, crohn's disease, IBS, and other GI related illness/ conditions.
Performs admissions, consultations, daily rounding, and discharges.
Writes/ dictates history and physical notes, consult, and daily notes.
Prescribes/ orders medications, therapies, diet, orders and interprets laboratory and imaging studies as well as procedures consistent with clinical privileges.
Performs patient counseling/ comprehensive teaching, consenting, and preparation for GI procedures to be performed in the inpatient setting.
Performs procedures as trained and delineated in DOP/ privileges.
Ensure key quality metrics are optimized.
Maintains Virginia License, DEA, and board certification as appropriate for NP and PA.
Maintains BLS.
Participates in quality improvement projects as assigned.
Accurate and complete billing for services provided.
Inova Medical Group is a team of talented and experienced physicians employed by Inova, providing world-class healthcare for the Northern Virginia and greater Washington, DC metro area. More than 400 physicians – experts in primary care medicine and adult specialties – are located throughout the region. Our physicians work together with Inova's extensive network of hospitals and outpatient facilities.