Are you looking for the opportunity of a lifetime? Are you interested in spending next spring or summer at one of the most beautiful sites in America - Yellowstone National Park? STGi is currently seeking a seasonal Advanced Practice Clinician (Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner) to provide services at our seasonal facilities at Yellowstone National Park.
JOB SUMMARY:
The seasonal Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) will work in one of the three medical clinics in Yellowstone National Park. The clinics are located at Old Faithful, Lake Village and Mammoth Hot Springs. Lake and Old Faithful, our seasonal facilities, open in a staggered fashion during April and May and are in operation until mid to late October each year, depending on the clinic. The Mammoth Hot Springs Clinic provides primary care, occupational health, and urgent and emergency care. The Old Faithful and Lake Village facilities provide urgent and emergency care as well as occupational healthcare and some primary care for Park residents and employees. A wide age range of patients with diverse injuries and illnesses are seen.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
Inform physicians of patient's condition during anesthesia.
Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
Conduct specified laboratory tests.
Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising about necessary precautions.
Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment as deemed appropriate.
Perform physical examinations.
Provide training or instruction of auxiliary personnel and monthly rotating APC or medical students, June - September.
Treat patients, lift and move patients, secure patients for transport, and transfer patients to medical facilities from your remote clinic.
Lift, carry, push, pull, operate, and manipulate a patient gurney in outdoor environments during patient transfers.
Potential need to rescue victims as needed by rendering emergency care, emergently moving patients from danger and securing the patient for transport, perform physical exams and treat patients enroute to hospitals, or at disaster triage sites if assisting the National Park Service in a mass casualty event. (Extremely rare).
Independently care for acutely and critically ill patients, including:
o Interpret ECGs and rhythm strips
o Participate in obtaining and interpret plain radiographs, including extremity and chest films
o Manage cardiopulmonary arrest
o Initial stabilization of major trauma, including vehicular trauma and trauma resulting from animal attacks
o Initial Stabilization of critically ill or injured patients
o Manage myocardial infarction, including administration of thrombolytic agents
o Airway management with Rapid Sequence Airway
o Administer procedural sedation
o Manage orthopedic injuries, including closed reduction of dislocations and fracture stabilization
Be available on-call for after hours patients on a rotational basis as outlined by operational needs of the National Park Service EMS.
Technical and Business Functions
Identifies and reports problems to supervisor with hardware, telecommunications or other issues impacting duties.
Utilizes IT systems for database tracking and other deliverables.
Attends training on IT systems, both initially and with updates; asks for help when needed.
Completes mandatory IT training by specified deadlines.
Informs supervisor of IT and other equipment needs, particularly those that prevent completing projects within specified deadlines.
Required Skills
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
Minimum of 1-year experience in an Emergency Department or ICU as provider; independent setting preferred.
Must be highly organized.
Must be able to assign tasks and delegate work efficiently.
Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
Appropriately escalates problems or resource issues for resolution.
Develops/maintains effective procedures for communicating with staff.
Proficient with Electronic Medical Records.
Required Experience
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Graduate of NCCPA-approved PA Program or NP Masters or Doctorate Program
REQUIRED LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
Current and active licensure in any of the 50 states or Washington, D.C. is required at the time of application
A Wyoming unrestricted license is required by first day of work
DEA certification in Wyoming or transfer of home state DEA to WY by 1st day of work
o Wyoming Controlled Substance Registration Required for WY DEA
American Heart Association BLS Healthcare Provider Certification (or an acceptable equivalent)
ACLS
ATLS (Audit is acceptable) or CALS (may be acquired after hire with mutually agreed upon schedule)
PALS
Demonstrate the ability to pass the provider enrollment and credentialing process for all applicable payer and organizational requirements.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle and feel, reach with arms, grip and grasp, speak and hear.
Frequently stands for long periods of time and will occasionally sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend over 90 degrees, use ladders, use stairs, reach overhead, have outstretched arms, lay prone, and/or maneuver in tight spaces.
Lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
Close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception required. Vision correction is acceptable.
Generally, work will be performed inside clinic buildings in Yellowstone National Park, providing medical care to patients who present with a variety of conditions and medical complaints.
May be exposed to periods of emergencies and high activity.
There may the occasional assist to and from vehicles utilizing wheelchairs or gurneys.
Potential need for travel from one clinic to another.
Travel to another clinic for orientation, depending on location.
DISCLAIMER
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
STGi is a workforce solutions company providing comprehensive healthcare delivery, Head Start and management consulting services and human capital solutions help our clients. Our services and solutions help our clients sustain and enhance their operations to better accomplish their mission.
STGi is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
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