<p>UPMC Altoona is hiring a Full-Time Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) to help support their Altoona Hospital Medicine team!</p> <p>Hours: 12-hour shifts, 7am-7pm. Monday through Sunday, 7 days on followed by 7 days off.</p> <p>Location: UPMC Altoona</p> <p>Position Specifics: Serve patients admitted to UPMC Altoona. Daily rounds with hospitalist physician and inpatient census. Admissions, discharges, and subsequent visits daily on patients.</p> <p>Department Details: 100% inpatient setting in a fast-paced environment. We have a strong and highly dedicated APP team, including many clinicians who have been with us for more than ten years as well as newer APPs who joined us in 2020 and have grown with the program. Despite the significant challenges brought by COVID and the evolving healthcare landscape, our team has shown remarkable resilience, adaptability, and commitment to high-quality patient care.</p> <p>Hospital Medicine is one of the most dynamic, rewarding, and impactful areas of modern healthcare-and Advanced Practice Providers are at the center of it. If you're looking for a role that challenges you clinically, supports your professional growth, and allows you to truly influence patient lives every day, this is where you belong.</p> <p>Hospital Medicine is fast-paced, intellectually stimulating, and deeply collaborative. You'll manage diverse, complex patients while working shoulder-to-shoulder with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, care managers, and specialists.</p> <p>We're committed to developing APPs through:</p> <ul> <li>Strong onboarding and mentorship </li><li>Clear pathways for autonomy and advancement </li><li>Leadership and committee opportunities </li><li>Support for professional development (DNP, certifications, specialty tracks) </li><li>Collaborative practice models that value your clinical judgment </li></ul> <p>Hospital medicine blends complexity, autonomy, and teamwork in ways few specialties can. If you're motivated, adaptable, and passionate about delivering high-quality patient care, this role will challenge you, grow you, and keep you engaged every single day.</p> <p>See what being an Advanced Practice Provider can do for UPMC and what UPMC can do for Advanced Practice Providers - it's more than just a job!</p> <p>What Can You Bring to UPMC?</p> <ul> <li>Contribute to UPMC's mission of Life Changing Medicine </li><li>Set the standards for the level and quality of care for the care delivery team </li><li>Provide patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members. </li><li>Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. </li><li>Demonstrate a commitment to the community and to your health care profession </li></ul> <p>What Can UPMC Do for You?</p> <ul> <li>A career path that provides you with the right experience to be successful in the position you want to obtain now and, in the future </li><li>Health and welfare benefits like medical, vision, dental, and life and disability, and an exceptional retirement program </li><li>Work life balance to help manage other important aspects of your life such as: PTO, wellness programs, paid parental leave </li><li>Competitive pay for the work that you do - base pay, merit, and premium pay </li><li>Sign-on Bonus available if applicable </li></ul> <p>Staff/Senior Level:</p> <p>The Staff or Senior Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner and a member of the care delivery team. The APP is responsible to set the standards for the level and quality of care. The APP has responsibility, authority, and accountability for the provision of care through supervision by and collaboration with a physician. The APP manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members. The role of the APP encompasses the beginnings of leadership, partnership, collaboration, and supervision. The APP establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The APP begins to demonstrate a commitment to the community and to their healthcare profession.</p> <p>The successful candidate will be placed according to years and months of experience for employment purposes.</p> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Applies basic professional practice knowledge and skills appropriate for practice setting. Communicates effectively, both verbally and in documentation. Demonstrates critical thinking in all areas of professional practice. Learns to incorporate acceptable standards of professional practice as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction. Formulates a plan of care that considers individual patient needs. Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice. Seeks guidance and asks questions to continuously improve professional practice. Builds relationships with patients, families, and colleagues. Identifies ethical situations within patient care or within the workplace and seeks assistance. Professionally accepts assignments that gradually increase patient load and complexity. </li><li>Actively engages in clinical development of all members of the healthcare team. Requests opportunities to learn advanced professional practice techniques from senior healthcare team members. Seeks, accepts, and utilizes performance feedback from peers, preceptors, and unit/department Leaders as a learning opportunity and to improve practice. Demonstrates enthusiasm for continuous learning and identifies and creates a plan for the continuation of learning and development. Identifies patient and family needs for education and provides basic education to support the episode of care. Seeks professional development and involvement through membership in a professional organization and/or reading professional literature on a regular basis. </li><li>Demonstrates a basic knowledge of research, how it affects practice and who/what resources are available to assist with evidence-based practice by asking questions, demonstrating interest, participating in journal clubs. Clinical practice demonstrates knowledge of how quality and innovation impacts patient satisfaction, safety, and clinical quality outcomes. Identifies opportunities for improvement in the clinical area. </li><li>Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the health care team. Begins to demonstrate awareness of cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in the health professions. Cares for patients and self by supporting safety in the workplace. </li><li>Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care. Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace and welcomes and participates in change initiatives. Leads by investing and building healthy relationships among colleagues and other disciplines. Shows the ability to set priorities. Begins to serve as an engaged member of a team supporting colleagues in service to patients and families and may participate in task forces or other initiatives. </li></ul> <p>Qualifications:</p> <p>Licensure, Education, Certifications, and Clearances</p> <p>Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP):</p> <ul> <li>The successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program is required </li><li>BSN, MSN is preferred </li><li>Professional nursing experience and/or nurse practitioner experience is preferred </li><li>Current state RN license and CRNP certification are required </li><li>National certification, eligible for licensure by Pennsylvania board of nursing, eligible for certification as a CRNP by Pennsylvania state board of nursing </li><li>Current CPR certification is required </li><li>Act 33 Clearance will be required </li><li>Act 73 Clearance will be required </li><li>Act 34 Clearance required </li></ul> <p>Physician Assistant (PA):</p> <ul> <li>A graduate of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the physician assistant (ARC-PA) is required </li><li>BS or MS candidate is preferred </li><li>Experience as a physician assistant and/or experience in a clinical setting is preferred </li><li>Current state PA license certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required </li><li>Current CPR certification is required </li><li>Act 33 Clearance will be required </li><li>Act 73 Clearance will be required </li><li>Act 34 Clearance required </li></ul> <p>Senior Level</p> <ul> <li>Minimum 3 years of experience or Completion of a post-graduate residency </li><li>The successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner or a graduate of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the physician assistant (ARC-PA) program is required </li><li>BSN, MSN preferred for CRNP, BS or MS preferred for PA </li><li>Completion of National Certification </li><li>Must achieve a Solid/Strong/Good performance rating or higher on annual performance evaluation for consideration and to maintain status annually </li><li>Completion of an OAPP approved professional contribution within one year of hire or promotion into the position. </li><li>Must have department chair approval for promotion </li><li>ACLS or?ITLS or?NALS or?PALS or?ACLS or other certifications listed must meet AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire. </li></ul> <p>UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran</p>