Advanced Practice Nurse

About the role

The Nurse Practitioner will work one day per week seeing patients in-office at Roselle Park Medical Associates, with the potential for afternoon home visits as needed for established home -patients within the area. The remaining four days will be spent providing care in a sub-acute nursing home setting. The position includes on-call responsibilities every fifth week, covering after-hours of 5:00 PM to 9:00 AM, Monday through Friday, and all day on weekends.

Responsibilities

• Rounds regularly at one to two subacute care facilities
• Performs transitional care visits for patients discharged from subacute/nursing home facilities
• Conducts home visits as part of ongoing patient care
• Possesses a preferred background or strong interest in palliative care
• Completes POLST (Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) forms
• Collaborates closely with physicians within the practice to coordinate and align patient care
• Performs comprehensive initial and episodic health assessments; in order to identify existing or potential health problems
• Initiates and implements an individualized nursing and medical plan of care in collaboration with members of interdisciplinary team
• Initiates appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic, medical and nursing actions in conjunction with physician
• Provides follow-up care including acute and routine examinations
• Assesses progress, identify problems, initiate preventive measures, recognize emergent problems, initiate proper care in collaboration with physician
• Maintains and adjusts patients medication according to protocol or medical plan of care
• Implements nutritional therapies, as appropriate
• Triage patient problem calls which requires medical attention
• Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures
• Recognizes normal and abnormal laboratory findings and the pathology involved
• Documents information in patients charts following documentation standards
• Provides health education to the patient and family (e.g., management of side effects, anticipatory teachings)
• Manages medical emergencies as indicated, and according to standing orders
• Provides monitoring and continuity of care between health care settings
• Provides patient and family counseling and reassurance in regard to psychological and or psychosocial issues
• Initiates proper referrals to private or community agencies
• Acts as a resource and teacher for other members of the health care team
• Shares knowledge and expertise with staff
• Collaborates with the nursing and medical staff at partner and affiliate sites to coordinate continuity of care
• Evaluates the quality of care as well as the quality of life for patients through assessment of patient response and recommend interventions, as indicated

Qualifications

• APN License
• RN License
• NP Certification
• BLS and ACLS
• CDS and DEA

Skills

• Strong clinical skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively
• Knowledge of palliative care principles
• Experience with POLST forms
• Collaborative working style

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

$125,000.00 - $195,000.00 per year

Schedule

Full Time
Days