NURSE PRACTITIONER - ACUTE PHYSICIAN SERVICES ATU - FULL-TIME FLEX NIGHT (25441)

Job Duties

• Completes assessment for new patients admitted to the service, including history and physical, medication reconciliation, problem list and plan of care.
• Performs assessment and plans for ongoing treatment for patients in the service.
• Provides psychiatric medication monitoring and counseling as necessary to assigned patients.
• Orders lab and diagnostic tests for patients in the service as appropriate to formulate diagnosis, develop treatment plan.
• Reviews results of lab and diagnostic tests and makes adjustment to the treatment plan accordingly.
• Plans a response for follow up for patients with abnormal test results and intervenes with patient according to medical center policy and procedure.
• Affirms all entries to the medical record, paper or electronic, are appropriate, timed, dated, signed and legible.
• Promotes throughput for the service by achieving and maintaining medical center expectations for productivity.
• Provides patient education and feedback to promote health and wellness.
• Adheres to all medical center policies and procedures and bylaws of the medical staff.
• Participates in department performance improvement initiatives, collects and aggregates data as needed, works with leadership to develop a plan of correction.
• Fosters and promotes teamwork with other staff members of the service as well as providers from other agencies involved with the patient’s care.
• Communicates pertinent information to the supervisor of the service, collaborating physician, treatment team and other community providers as necessary and in adherence to all standards of privacy and confidentiality.
• Performs comprehensive physical, psychosocial, and mental examinations, including developmental and functional status determination.
• Interprets lab values with order to correct abnormalities.
• Evaluates consultations and makes concise case presentations to physicians, differentiating normal from abnormal findings, and suggests differential and presumptive diagnosis.
• Develops a prioritized comprehensive problem list.
• Documents in the patient’s record all pertinent patient interactions and care.
• Provides discharge instructions with prescriptions given and follow-up visits arranged.
• Participates in interdisciplinary quality improvement efforts to improve clinical practice.

Customer Service

• Respect, flexibility, knowledge, confidence, professionalism, pleasant attitude, patience and helpfulness.
• All responses should be timely, professional, caring, and respectful in accordance with Customer Service Performance expectations.

Position Qualifications

• 2 years of related clinical nursing experience preferred.
• Professional knowledge of nursing theory and practice, extensive knowledge of physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology, psychiatry and behavioral health.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position.

Education

• Graduation from an approved Nurse Practitioner program.
• Certification as a Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry preferred.
• BLS certification required.
• Holds current certification for prescriptive privileges.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous time off policy that includes ample vacation days, personal time, sick leave and nine paid holidays.
• Commitment to the personal and professional growth of our employees, offering robust tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs.