Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Specialty

Genesis Hospitalmid

Nurse PractitionerHealthcare Clinical

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Requirements Summary

EDUCATION: Graduate of an accredited APRN training program. 2. Current Ohio RN and APRN licensure 3.

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Nurse PractitionerHealthcare Clinical

In order to fill our Mission of serving our community by helping each person achieve optimal health and well-being by providing compassionate, exceptional, and affordable healthcare services, all employees of Genesis HealthCare System must be committed to living the Genesis Mission and Genesis values of Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Team, and Innovation. All employees must regard themselves as an ‘owner’ of Genesis and keep our patients at the center of everything we do - always.

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Department:

GMG Anticoagulation Clinic

Overview of Position:

The advanced nurse practitioner will assist a physician in the global management of patient care in the ambulatory and acute settings.; The advanced nurse practitioner role will include providing diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical and preventative care, under the supervision of a physician in one of the following specialties: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Neurology, Pulmonary &; Critical Care Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation &; Pain Management, Psychiatry, Radiology, Urology, Endocrinology, Hospice &; Palliative Care, Infectious Disease, Sports Medicine, Rheumatology, Sleep Medicine, Nephrology.

The nurse practitioner will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting patient care, frequently advising patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or providing case management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

1.   Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other specialized tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former clinic patients and hospital admissions to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.
2.   Must be able to work with a collaborating physician.
3.   Performs and interprets, standard laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as privileged by Genesis Credentialing Board
4.   Performs routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, managing simple conditions produced by infection or trauma, assisting in the management of more complex illness and injury as privileged by the Genesis Credentialing Board.
5.   May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through applicable state Board of Nursing/Medicine and Genesis Credentialing Board.
6.   May need to take call and work some off-hour shifts as needed.
7.   Perform in-hospital consultations. Facilitates appropriate length of stay, discharge planning, and compliance with regulatory standards for inpatient management.
8.   Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team or with other specialty areas as necessary
9.   Participates in quality monitoring thru the review of records and treatment plans for patient outcomes periodically to assure quality care
10.   Discharge planning – Dictates discharge summaries, writes prescriptions, explains discharge instructions and confirms follow-up appointments.
11.   Other duties as assigned.