Nurse Practitioner

Job Summary

Provides direct patient care relative to physical diagnosis and therapeutic management independently, using physician consultation where appropriate.

Department Specific Job Responsibilities

• Care in subacute rehabilitation, long-term care, assisted livings, rest homes and home care environment.
• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for a panel of patients.
• Evaluates individual health care status of patients, including eliciting a patient history, performance of physical examination, ordering of screening and diagnostic tests, risk assessment and interprets this information to establish a diagnosis.
• Develops and implements a plan of care, including treatments, medications and the like within defined guidelines for practice.
• Provides care to the patient in a manner that incorporates the principles of patient satisfaction and delivery of cost effective care.
• Participates in the development and evaluation of practice guidelines.
• Makes appropriate referrals as indicated by patient needs.
• Collaborates with colleagues in APG/BIDHC/BIDCO and community to develop an effective patient care program.
• Maximizes available resources and incorporates multidisciplinary services into program design and implementation.
• Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient care and/or related systems.
• Identifies learning needs of patients and staff and collaborates with other leaders to determine priorities for educational programs.
• Provides leadership that supports APG, BIDHC practice policies and goals.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing required.
• Licenses Nursing License required.
• Basic Life Support certificate required.
• 1-3 Years Related Work Experience Required.
• Valid prescriptive authority from both the MA DPH-DCP and Federal DEA.
• Nurse Practitioner experience with part of that time dealing with geriatric patients preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Geriatric care graduate nursing education preferred.

Knowledge

Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.

Team Work

Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas.

Results Have Implications For The Management And Operations Of Multiple Areas Of The Organization

Customer Service

Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s).

Age Based Competencies

• Neonatal: Birth to 6 months
• Youth: 6 months to 16 years
• Young adult: 16-30 years
• Middle Age: 30 - 60 years
• Elderly: 60+

Pay Range

$54.70 - $70.48