Home Services - Advanced Practice Clinician

About the role

The APP performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record. They order and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information, and diagnostic procedures where indicated. They may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.

Responsibilities

• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.
• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
• Utilizes evidenced-based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
• Implements and modifies plan of care. Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions. May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
• Documents/dicts key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and or clinic note where applicable. (h&p, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary).

Qualifications

• Masters Degree
• National Board Certification as a Primary/Family Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• BLS certification

Skills

• Proficiency in assessment techniques
• Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams
• Documentation and communication skills
• Advanced procedures and interventions

Benefits

The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience, skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive. Positions posted as annual salaries reflect an estimated amount for a 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) (i.e. 40 hour equivalent)).

Pay

$103,022.02 to $150,476.47 Annual

Schedule

Workday Day (United States of America)

Contact

Kennedy Medical Group, Practice, PC