Observation Unit Advance Practice Clinician (Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant) Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia - Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health

Shift: Full Time; Rotating 7 day’s w/nights & weekend (50/50 day/night). 

Become part of the Einstein Healthcare Network (EHN) team! As a APC with the Einstein Healthcare Network, now a part of Jefferson Health, you will become part of a dynamic healthcare team, working in conjunction with physicians, residents, and nurses to provide quality care and treatment of emergency medicine observation patients in two diverse locations. Our facilities offer state-of-the-art equipment and are staffed with top-notch providers. Our APC positions offer the chance to be part of a great team of APCs and Physicians who work collaboratively.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Working in conjunction with physicians, and nurses to provide quality care and treatment of observation patients in two diverse locations
• Working in both the teaching hospital environment, as well as the community hospital environment

• If Physician Assistant:
  • Graduate of ARC-PA Accredited Physician Assistant Program
  • Active or pending Pennsylvania State license to practice as a Physician Assistant
  • NCCPA Board Certification
• If Nurse Practitioner:
  • The NP will have successfully completed an accredited NP program
  • The NP is an advanced practice nurse who will hold a Bachelors Degree and will have successfully completed an accredited masters or post-masters NP program (or has been awarded an advanced degree or a course of study equivalent to that required for certification)
  • The NP will have a national certification as a CRNP ACUTE CARE CERTIFICATION
  • It is required that he/she maintain a current, unrestricted license to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and be currently certified and maintain certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) from a board-recognized national certification organization which requires the passing of a national certifying examination in the particular specialty area

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson’s clinical entities or at the University.  If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

About Jefferson  

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.