Job Description
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Huron Regional Medical Center is a 25-bed critical access hospital located in the heart of South Daktoa. HRMC provides state-of-the-art health care with a caring, compassionate touch to residents in Huron and seven surrounding counties in the region. Our knowledgeable employees and medical staff deliver care with the ultimate goal of exceeding each and every patient's expectations.
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Department: Emergency Room
Reports To: Vice President of Patient Services and ER Coordinator
Status: 90 Hours per month and as needed
Shift: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Job Schedule: 7 weekday shifts and 1 weekend a month
Remote Position: No
Pay: Competitive salary
Benefits: Huron Regional Medical Center offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, sick leave and paid time off. To review your benefit eligibility, visit HRMC Benefits.
Job Summary
HRMC is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to provide triage, medical screening examination, stabilization and treatment for Emergency Department under the supervision of a licensed physician member of the medical staff. The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner responsible for the care of each patient, performing only those services allowed by South Dakota law. There will be a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner or Physician immediately available for the emergency room 24 hours a day.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited physician assistant program and certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or graduate of an accredited nurse practitioner program and certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
- Licensed and currently registered as a physician assistant/certified nurse practitioner in the State of South Dakota. Physician Assistant is registered with the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners. Nurse Practitioner is registered with the South Dakota Board of Nursing and the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners.
- ACLS, PALS, and ATLS are required classes/certifications for competency in the HRMC Emergency Department.
- Physical demands necessitate frequent assistance of patients which requires knowledge and proper use of body mechanics in all phases of patient care.
- Constantly requires a high degree of social sensitivity and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, groups of clients, and health care personnel within and outside the agency. Proceeds on own initiative, exercises independent judgement. Demonstrates leadership abilities; possesses good oral and written communication skills.
Working Conditions
- Requires frequent walking, standing, sitting, bending, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, feeling, talking, hearing and moderate lifting (exerting/lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, or up to 10 pounds constantly) of clients and equipment.
- Risks exposure to communicable or infectious disease and injury from performance of assigned duties.
- Subject to inside environmental conditions (protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature change) and to atmospheric conditions (one or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases or poor ventilation).
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