Advance Practice Provider (NP/PA): Hospital Care at Home I

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.                        We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.                                    Job TitleAdvance Practice Provider (NP/PA): Hospital Care at Home I                        LocationCleveland                    FacilityFairview Hospital                     Department                      Job CodeT98100                     ShiftDays                       Schedule8:00am-5:00pm                       Job SummaryNationally certified Advanced Practice Provider who provides primary and/or specialty care in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions in collaboration with the health care team in accordance with certification and licensure. Practice emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention and the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic health problems. Responsible for dissemination of knowledge through instructing, leading and developing educational programs.                         Job DetailsFairview Hospital is seeking a highly progressive, operationally minded Full-Time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to launch and drive utilization for our innovative Hospital Care at Home program. Unlike traditional inpatient roles focused primarily on managing a static daily rounding census, this is a dynamic, dual operational-clinical position. The successful candidate will serve as the boots-on-the-ground catalyst for the program within the West Market. This role is a critical strategic lever designed to optimize institutional throughput, maximize bed capacity, expand patient access, and pioneer next-generation acute care delivery. The APP will actively identify, screen, and cross-reference acute-level candidates within the Emergency Department (ED) and Medical/Surg inpatient units who meet clinical criteria for the Hospital Care at Home program (e.g., stable CHF, COPD, pneumonia, cellulitis, kidney infections). The APP will perform high-level, autonomous clinical evaluations to determine acuity, safety, and home-environment appropriateness for acute-level substitute care.The ideal candidate possesses strong clinical acumen in acute care management coupled with an entrepreneurial mindset, exceptional cross-functional communication skills, and a passion for healthcare innovation. They have a minimum of 1–2 years of practice as an NP/PA in a high-volume, high-acuity environment such as Hospital Medicine, Emergency Medicine, or Urgent Care. Tangential acute procedural or complex surgical experience will be considered. Demonstrated capability in performing comprehensive acute assessments and managing complex, multi-system medical conditions under a high degree of autonomy. Proven ability to understand hospital metrics (Length of Stay, readmission rates, ED throughput) and a desire to utilize clinical skills to solve operational bottlenecks. Who you are:An original thinker – you see how things will unfold ahead of the crowd. You are creative, motivated, and enjoy thinking outside the box.Analytical – you are able to dive into the minutia of issues to find the break in logic.Detail Oriented – in your work, you are confident that the small details are correct.A lifetime learner – you consider learning to be a reward. You enjoy mastering a new field.Comfortable with complexity – you absorb complex ideas quickly and separate signal from noise easily.Flexible – You will be asked to do tasks that are outside of the stated job description. You are willing and enjoy learning on the fly.Calm under pressure – You respond quickly and accurately in fast moving, complex environments.You have strong oral and written communication skills and can articulate effectively regarding complex topics.You are inherently capable of developing internal and external relationships and partnerships.You enjoy working in a collaborative, transparent and diverse environment.Humble – you are interested more in figuring out what’s right than being right.You believe in innovation and its place in maintaining a productive and sustained business environment.Your confidence is balanced by a sense of humility. You’re more interested in figuring out what’s right than being right.You enjoy working as part of a high-performance team. You want to contribute and build the team’s culture, finding ways to push us in new directions we’ve not yet considered.Responsibilities:Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.  Works in collaboration with the health care team.Performs and interprets common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.Performs routine and specialized procedures as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by license through applicable state board and Cleveland Clinic policies.Educates patients and answers questions regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.Participates in medical team rounds; collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members regularly to ensure quality patient care.Refers patients to specialists as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and t