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Collective Technologies - Meeker, CO
posted 4 days ago
About the position
The Mid-level Practitioner may not practice except under personal and responsible direction and supervision of a licensed physician. The Mid-level Practitioner may practice without the physical presence of the supervising physician, but the supervising physician must be available by phone and physical presence when requested. The supervising physician must review and sign all medical records within 24 hours. Mid-level Practitioner shall be allowed to provide sole coverage in the Emergency Department according to Medical Staff bylaws, the Supervising Physician's delegated scope of practice, and Colorado State Law. The working environment is a normal clinical setting with exposure to sharps and biological and chemical agents. It is expected that facility safety practices and protocols are followed at all times. The Mid-level will float to the hospital while on shift in the ER, depending on volume.
Responsibilities
- Direct patient care as specified by medical staff approved protocols.
- Counsel and instruct patients and significant others as appropriate.
- Initiate referral to appropriate physician or other healthcare professional for problems that exceed the practitioner's scope of practice as well as for all admissions to the hospital, all patient transfers, and all high acuity cases.
- Apply, remove, and change dressings and bandages.
- Perform wound debridement and general care for superficial wounds.
- Perform incisions, catheterization, field infiltration of anesthetic solutions, venous punctures, etc.
- Perform diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, subject to state regulation and Mid-level practitioner training/experience such as abscess drainage, arterial puncture and gas sampling, cast and splint application, central line placement, epistaxis management, fracture reduction, and foreign body removal.
- Order diagnostic testing and therapeutic modalities such as laboratory tests, EKG, medications, X-ray, IV fluids, etc.
- Obtain and record medical/social history, record progress notes, and write discharge summaries.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited practitioner program.
- At least 3 years of experience.
- Required completion of an Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Mid-level Practitioner approved program AND current certification by the National Commission on Certification.
- Current BLS, ACLS, ATLS, TNCC, and PALS required within six (6) months of hire or transfer.
