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Aug 03, 2026
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Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Inpatient/Outpatient Internal Medicine Hospitalist - .9 FTE, Days (12HRS)
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Day - 12 Hour (United States of America)
Job Description Summary
Created in July 2021, the Med 7 Inpatient Service is staffed with a unique hybrid model involving collaborative care provided by both physicians and Advance Practice Providers (APP). The APPs on the Med 7 service are trained in Internal Medicine to manage the day-to-day care of hospitalized patients. This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join a collaborative and supportive APP/MD team practice.
Responsibilities include complete/comprehensive history and physical examination, ordering and interpretation of diagnostic studies, and prescribing appropriate treatments in collaboration with the attending physician. Other responsibilities include consultation with specialist providers and other team members regarding findings/changes in patient condition, documentation of patient care/procedures per policy, and communication/education with patients and their families. APPs are also responsible for precepting and mentoring Stanford school of medicine Physician Assistant students.
Common diagnoses managed: Sepsis/Septic shock/Bacteremia, Cellulitis, UTI, Acute & chronic liver failure, Acute kidney injury/failure, COPD/asthma exacerbations, UGIB, Pancreatitis, ETOH withdrawal, DKA, AMS/Delirium, Anemia, Atrial Fibrillation, Syncope, Venous thromboembolism, and Electrolytes Abnormalities.
Orientation on Med 7 inpatient service is dependent on the experience of the employee and typically lasts between six and twelve weeks. Orientation is tailored to the employee and generally includes participation in team rounds, orientation to procedures, training on difficult conversations including goals of care, and cross training other APP specialty teams.
The position is 100% clinical. The typical morning consists of pre-rounding on patients followed by rounds with the attending physician. In the afternoon, the APP carries out the plan of care for patients, consults with other services as indicated, admits, and discharges patients, and performs procedures.
**This is a Stanford Health Care job.**
**A Brief Overview**
The Physician Assistant (PA) functions under this Physician Assistant Job Description approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC). Specific functions pertaining to the Service, Clinic or Department are established by the PA and his/her supervising physician(s), and approved by the appropriate medical and nursing administrators, the IDPC, the Credentials & Privileges Committee, the Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) Medical Executive Committee and the SHC Board Credentials, Policies and Procedures Committee.
**Locations**
Stanford Health Care
**What you will do**
+ Employees must abide by all Joint Commission requirements including, but not limited to, sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patients' rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.
+ A. A PA may provide only those medical services which he/she is competent to perform, which are consistent with the PA's education, training and experience.
+ B. A PA shall consult with a physician regarding any task, procedure or diagnostic problem which the PA determines exceeds his/her level of competence or shall refer such cases to a supervising physician.
+ C. Scope of Practice of the PA:
+ 1. Evaluates and treats patients with acute, chronic complaints and health maintenance concerns related to specialty.
+ 2. Obtains complete histories and performs pertinent physical exams with assessment of normal and abnormal findings on new and return patients.
+ 3. Performs or requests and evaluates diagnostic studies as indicated upon evaluation of the patient.
+ Orders or furnishes medications under physician supervision, in accordance with the practice agreement, consistent with the PA's educational preparation and training, and upon completion of a California Physician Assistant Board approved controlled substance course.
+ a. All PA's who are credentialed and privileged by April, 2021 who have not completed a controlled substance course must successfully complete the course by August 31, 2021 during which time patient specific approval of a medication order by a supervising physician is obtained, documented in the medical record, and is co-signed. [see Standardized Procedure: Administering, Ordering, Furnishing or Prescribing of Drugs; Formulary Protocol]
+ 4. Orders and collects specimens for routine laboratory tests, screening procedures and therapeutic procedures, including blo
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