Description Job Schedule: Full Time Standard Hours: 40 Job Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: Days Monday through Friday Advanced Practitioner Benefits:Market-leading compensation and benefits and generous paid time offPaid CME time off plus CME budget, reimbursed professional licenses and duesEnhanced Tuition Assistance and Higher Education PartnershipsVoluntary benefits include student loan programs, home, auto, renter’s insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, low-interest loans, pet insurance and more!Employee discount programs and colleague assistance offering resources and information for personal and work-life issuesFamily care benefits through Care.com including emergency back-up care benefit for children, adults and even pets!Position Details:The Hospital of Central Connecticut is hiring a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join their general surgery team, which has been in service for over forty years.The successful candidate will have no operative responsibility and will be involved with evaluating patients in the Emergency Department, rounding on service patients, bedside procedures, and surgical consults, working alongside resident physicians.The well-established program provides constant opportunity for education through lectures and individual teaching as well as CME credits.Role: Physician Assistant or Nurse PractitionerLocation:100 Grand Street, New Britain, 06050Setting: Inpatient, general surgerySchedule:Full-time, Monday-Friday 8-hour days.Call schedule:No callHartford HealthCare supports Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in practice:Dedicated support and voice for our Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants through theOffice of Advanced Practicedirected by Sarah Clark, MBA, MHS, PA-C, BSN, RN, System Director of Advanced PracticeHartford HealthCare is one of the largest,non-profit, fully-integrated healthcare systems providing patient care in the state, allowing our providers to care for their patients no matter where they reside in ConnecticutWith tools likeEPIC, Hartford HealthCare’s state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfactionAbout The Hospital of Central Connecticut:The Hospital of Central Connecticutis an acute-care community teaching hospital with campuses in New Britain and Southington.While Advance Practice Practitioners and residents work collaboratively, each runs a separate surgical service. The focus of the resident (Red Team) service is on community elective and emergency surgery. With Level III Trauma designation, the referral base of the THOCC has expanded, and so has patient volume and acuity.About Hartford HealthCare:Honored as a “Best Organizations for Leadership Development” by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL)Prestigiously named one of the “Best Hospitals to Work for in Connecticut” by the Becker's Hospital ReviewCommitted tocontinuous developmentthrough The Center for Education Stimulation & Innovation (CESI), our Provider Leadership Development Institute and a robust on demand learning platform including CME, special courses, learning series and tools and resourcesEstablishedMentorship and Orientationprograms specially designed for newly hired providers and providers new to practicePhysician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners Role Scope:Under established guidelines and in collaboration and/or supervision with the practice physician(s), Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners perform routine physical examinations, and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients.In consultation with the physician(s) and care team members, Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners develop plans for further evaluation of health needs, e.g., referral to other health team members or specialists.Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners provide appropriate treatment for problems within the scope of the provider’s practice as designated by protocols and identifies problems outside of their scope of practice and refers appropriately to physician.Qualifications Requirements:
Licensure: Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)Training: Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP certified)
Preferred Requirements:
Experience:3+ years working with surgical patients is preferred. This should not dissuade new graduates to apply as we understand work ethic supersedes experience in certain situations.