Nurse Practitioner

Position Summary :

Essential Functions :

NPs in skilled nursing facilities and / or ALF's

NPs in skilled nursing facilities , providing Gap care visits, acting as, and / or treating patient in home who is not the Primary Care or attending physician evaluate and discuss with staff physicians and PCPs as necessary

Review any abnormal vitals and labs and make recommendations and / or notify the attending physician.

Facility providers Review assigned new admissions and their orders.

Participate in readmission review meetings and provide a summary of all acute discharges using the acute discharge worksheet and will review patients weekly with IDT (interdisciplinary team)

Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients

Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs

Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities

Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role or working with PCP

Monitors the effectiveness of interventions

Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients

Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals

Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools

Experience and Education :

NP Degree from a College or University and two years related experience and / or training.

Physical Requirements :

Standing (1 / 3-2 / 3), walking (over 1 / 3-2 / 3), using hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2 / 3), reach with hands and arms (over 1 / 3), climb and balance (under 1 / 3), stoop, kneel (1 / 2-2 / 3), talk or hear (1 / 2-2 / 3),  smell (under 1 / 3). Lifting up to 10 pounds (over 2 / 3), Up to 25 pounds (1 / 3-2 / 3); Up to 50 pounds (under 1 / 3)

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion