PA/NP Advanced Practice Clinician

EPPA offers two tracks for our Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs); one for those coming out of training programs and another for experienced emergency medicine APCs. Those coming right out of training programs are offered a position in our APC-T track. The "T" represents training you will obtain as you transition into your new career as a clinician working within the specialty of unscheduled emergent care. After successful completion of our 12-month training program, you will move to an experienced APC with the skillset to work in an emergency department and/or our Urgency Room. We intake new graduates in January, April and September each year. We are currently accepting applicants for our April 2025 track.

For those with experience focused in emergency medicine, the APC will slot directly into their pre-determined practice and work with an innovative group of success-driven healthcare professionals. At EPPA, we are focused on creating a professionally rewarding and satisfying experience for our clinicians.

Position Summary
EPPA Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners serve as integral members of a multidisciplinary team providing excellence in emergency medical care in a variety of treatment areas including the Emergency Department, Fast Track, and The Urgency Room. In addition, the APC coordinates care with consultant services, recommends follow-up care, facilitates referral to various internal and external facilities, and participates in multidisciplinary continuous quality improvement. APCs work rotating shifts within a hospital ED and/or our stand-alone Urgency Room, EPPA urgent care centers located in the Twin Cities metro area. 

Competitive compensation and an excellent benefit plan program offered to include health, dental, life, short, and long-term disability, long-term care, and 401(k).

Key Result Areas

• Provides health care services to patients under supervision of a physician
• Examines patients and performs comprehensive physical examinations
• Compiles patient medical data, including health history results of physical examination
• Administers or orders diagnostic tests, like CT, x-ray, electrocardiogram and additionally laboratory tests and additionally interprets test results for deviations from normal
• Performs therapeutic procedures, like injections, immunizations, suturing wound care, and also managing infection
• Develops and implements patient management plans, records progress notes, and also assists in provision of continuity of care
• Prescribes, administers, and dispenses drugs, controlled substances, and medical devices
• Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens 
• Creates and maintains appropriate patient records
• Compassionately cares for and communicates with patients, family members, co-workers, and other medical professionals

Education, Experience and Skills

• Completion of an accredited physician assistant or nursing practitioner program
• Current licensure with the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice or Minnesota Board of Nursing
• Current ACLS, ATLS, and BLS certification
• For practicing APCs: Fellowship trained and/or 2+ years of experience working as an APC in a tertiary, high-volume hospital emergency department in which the APC routinely performed typical emergency procedures such as suturing, splinting, wound care, fracture care, and lumbar punctures
• Ability to efficiently and effectively manage multiple clinical tasks
• Consistently demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange with patients, patients’ families, physicians, professional associates, and other individuals within the system.
• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism, responsibility, ethical practice, sensitivity to a diverse patient populations, and adherence to legal and regulatory requirements. Professionalism that is the expression of positive values and ideals as care is delivered and commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informs consent, and business practices.

Zone Details:

This position will report to our MHealth Fairview Zone. We stagger what sites you cover depending on your tenure at EPPA. We start everyone at our larger hospitals and then expand to regional and Urgency Room coverage as new hires feel comfortable. You do not work at all sites and will work with APC leadership on which sites you will cover. Clinicians in this zone will have the opportunity to work at the following facilities:

• MHealth Fairview Southdale Hospital offers care to people living and working in the southwest Twin Cities metro area and is located in Edina, Minnesota. Doctors and staff work closely to provide great care using the latest technology. Southdale offers convenient access to more than 40 specialty services including cardiology, orthopedics, oncology, obstetrics, primary care, neurosciences, critical care, vascular and emergency services. Our physician partners from EPPA, Fairview, Fairview Physician Associates, University of Minnesota Physicians and our independent physicians throughout the southwest metro and beyond combine their talents to balance innovative technologies and treatments with the art of medicine. Working together, we respectfully address the holistic needs of our patients and their families.
• At MHealth Fairview Ridges Hospital, we provide award-winning care for adults and children in the south metro area. Located in Burnsville, Minnesota, they offer a 150-bed facility with the most advanced emergency, surgery, orthopedic, cancer care, and children's care.