Advanced Practice Provider - Wound Care, Nurse Practitioner

Benefits

Qualifications

• •No operating room requirement
• •No ED/Unassigned call requirement
• •In South Dakota Certifications - Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
• •Experience - 1+ years of Clinical Experience; 1+ years of Healthcare Experience
• •Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
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Responsibilities

• •Under Physician supervision, the Nurse Practitioner may assume primary responsibility in their respective specialty area according to federal, state, and local regulatory agencies
• •Responsible for management of selected at risk or complex patients and aggregate patient populations in collaboration with physicians, nurses and other Healthcare team members
• •Must demonstrate the knowledge, critical thinking and skills to plan, coordinate and provide care on a continuing basis
• •Predominantly outpatient practice; spends 20% or less time in the inpatient setting
• •Acts as an agent of the supervising physician for any medical services that are delegated that are within the Advanced Practice Clinician's scope of practice
• •Assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients’ Healthcare problems/needs
• •Apply clinical interventions, evaluate outcomes, and implement changes to the plan of care
• •Anticipates and communicates changes in patient status to meet the needs of the patient
• •May share in practice call requirements
• •May perform procedures
• •May provide first assist coverage
• •Completes thorough, timely documentation in accordance with facility policy
• •Complies with scope of care under the guidance of federal, state, and/or local regulatory agencies
• •Complies with scope of care under the guidance of the supervising physician and/or protocols
• •Consistently demonstrates appropriate referral and/or transfer of patients to another facility
• •Demonstrates a thorough and current knowledge of disease processes while conducting a comprehensive health history and physical examination or problem-focused assessment depending on patient’s status
• •Demonstrates appropriate referrals and/or provides referral information to the patients and physicians
• •Orders appropriate tests, procedures, and therapies in collaboration with medical staff based on relevant organizational and unit-specific policies and procedures
• •Performs and documents ongoing patient assessment and formulates plan of care in collaboration with other medical providers
• •Recognizes physical, developmental, and psychosocial distress of patient and family, and provides appropriate interventions
• •Responds appropriately to emergency situations, basing patient management decisions on individual patient needs
• •All other duties as assigned
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