Advanced Practice Provider- Acute Care Trained NP​/PA

The Nurse Practitioner Inpatient provides advanced health care to individuals, families or groups as an advanced or expert clinician. Performs assessment of individual health, analyzes data to determine medical and nursing care needed, plans a treatment strategy to meet identified needs, evaluates responses to nursing and medical interventions.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, and LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

• Assessment:
  Assess complex acute, critical and chronic patients for urgent and emergent conditions. Use relevant data to evaluate physiologic instability and formulate plan of care.
• Clinical Interventions:
  Perform therapeutic interventions to stabilize acute and critical health problems. Specific interventions are listed in the Scope of Practice and approved as a part of the credentialing/privileging process. Analyze indications, contraindications, risk of complications and cost-benefits of therapeutic interventions.
• Plan of Care:
  Manage the plan of care through evaluation, modification and documentation according to the patient’s response to therapy. Manage changes in condition with a focus on optimizing patient outcomes. Incorporate health promotion, protection and injury prevention measures into the plan of care within the context of acute, critical and chronic illness. Facilitate the patient’s transition between and within health care settings.
• Education:
  
  Serve as an educational resource to the patient/family, nursing staff and provider team. Act as a consultant to multidisciplinary health care team members.
• Professional Development:
  Participate in scholarly activities including research and education. Maintain required competencies, identify learning needs and seek appropriate educational offerings. Act as a preceptor and mentor to support development of nurses, APPs, students and other health care providers.
• Patient Safety and Quality:
  Demonstrate a commitment to patient safety by speaking up about safety issues and changing practice to enhance safety. Demonstrate shared accountability for safe practice. Share errors or potential errors through system reporting mechanisms.

• Master’s degree from an approved NP program – required.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association.
• Nurse Practitioner Certification.
• Registered Nursing License (RN) from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.

• Medical Skills.
• Computer Software Skills.
• ICD-10 and CPT-4, working knowledge.
• Communication and guest relation skills.

• Medium physical requirements – Medium Work:
  Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, 10 to 25 pounds frequently, and greater than negligible up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects; physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

• Sitting – Frequent (36-66% of day)
• Standing – Continuous (67-100% of day)
• Walking – Continuous (67-100% of day)
• Climbing – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Lifting Floor to waist level: 0-10 lbs – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Lifting Floor to waist level: 10-20 lbs – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Lifting Floor to waist level: 20-50 lbs – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Lifting Floor to waist level: 50-100 lbs – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Lifting Floor to waist level: 100+ lbs – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Lifting Waist level and above: 0-10 lbs – Frequent (36-66% of day)
• Lifting Waist level and above: 10-20 lbs – Frequent (36-66% of day)
• Lifting Waist level and above: 20-50 lbs – Frequent (36-66% of day)
• Lifting Waist level and above: 50-100 lbs – Frequent (36-66% of day)
• Lifting Waist level and above: 100+ lbs – Frequent (36-66% of day)
• Carrying objects – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Push/pull – Frequent (36-66% of day)
• Twisting – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Bending – Occasional (0-35% of day)
• Reaching forward –…