Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner
Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- Hospitalist
- Nurse Practitioner
- Advanced Practice Provider
The Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides advanced care to acute general medicine patients within a collaborative hospital medicine team. Responsibilities include patient rounding, admitting, documenting clinical assessments, prescribing treatments, coordinating care transitions, and leading care teams. The role involves working shifts primarily during the day with occasional weekend coverage, supporting quality improvement initiatives, and collaborating closely with multidisciplinary staff.
We are hiring a PA or NP to join a growing hospital medicine advanced practice provider (APP) team. The APP hired for this position will join a collaborative team of physicians, other APPs, and specialists managing a population of acute care general medicine patients at one of the nations top 5% academic teaching facilities nationwide!
Beyond the qualities included in the general position description, success as a hospitalist APP role will require the following:
Rounding on a cohort of 7-9 patients in an independent, APP-forward practice model backed by physician support
Shifts will primarily involve rounding, with admitting shifts as needed based on hospitalist service census and admission volumes
Performing and documenting progress notes and history & physical exams, analyzing clinical data to form well-developed differential diagnoses, and helping coordinate safe transitions of care
Prescribing appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies, following patient responses, and adjusting the plan of care based on ongoing objective and subjective data collection
Identifying appropriate sub-specialist consultation
Effectively communicating plans of care with patients, families, nurses, other stakeholders; and, at times, navigating complex psychosocial dynamics
Collaboration within a multidisciplinary team of physicians, APPs, nurses, therapists, and physician and advanced practice leadership
The ability to professionally lead other members of the care team in a dynamic environment
Self-motivated learning, engagement in process improvement and quality improvement initiatives
Additional Information:
4 x 10-hour shifts each week, or biweekly equivalent depending on staffing needs
Weekends staffed on a rotating basis to cover approximately 26 weekends per year
Differential pay offered for weekend shifts
No night shift requirement
Procedural training optional
Salary Range 98K-158K, Plus Comprehensive Benefits, Relocation Assistance and MUCH MORE!




