Inpatient Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Acute Care General Surgery (Non-Surgical)

MedStar Medical Group offers a rewarding career with a unique patient population just south of Washington, D.C. Become part of an organization that welcomes your experience, input, and leadership-as a clinician and healthcare expert.

We are looking for a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to function independently as an Inpatient Acute Care Advanced Practice Provider within our established General Surgery/Integrated Surgery department at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center. Our exceptional team of general surgeons as well as advanced practice providers have vast experience with managing a broad spectrum of urgent and non-urgent general surgical conditions. Using a multidisciplinary, integrated approach, we partner with other disciplines such as colorectal, breast, thoracic, plastic, bariatric, transplant, oncology, radiology, and pathology. This approach provides patients with high-quality care that is unmatched in our service area and a pivotal part of our general surgeons' philosophy of care.

The APP in this role will be responsible for assessing and coordinating care for the pre- and post- general surgery population, solely in the inpatient settingat MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center. Responsibilities include general surgery, inpatient consults and facilitating discharges. This position will not include any APP OR/surgical responsibilities.

New graduates with acute-care, post-acute and/or a general surgery nursing background are welcome to apply. Nurse practitioners who apply for this role are preferred to be an ACNP. We cannot accept FNPs for this role. The ideal candidate will have thorough documentation skills, a great work ethic and be able to work autonomously while being connected regularly with administrative and provider support. Patient care review meetings occur daily with surgeons, and you'll be part of weekly multi-disciplinary huddles as well. Dedicated office space is in the professional building, in direct connection of the hospital.

The schedule for this role will be Monday through Friday, as a full-time, 1.0FTE APP working 8hrs per day. This job excludesholidays, weekends, after-hour or call responsibilities.

As a MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Provider, you can expect:

If you want an exciting career that is always challenging and brings great professional relationships with physician and staff colleagues, please apply now.

dawn.m.skupin@medstar.net

MedStar Health is a 501(c)(3) organization and Equal Opportunity employer.

The hiring range for this position is between $115,000- $143, 619.