Nurse Practitioner Outpatient Psych

Description

Works collaboratively with Physicians to provide comprehensive health assessments, determine diagnosis, actively participate in all lines of service, monitor, and manage quality of care protocols, prescribe treatments, and manage health care of patients.

Full Time, 80 hours per pay

1st shift, late days on Tuesdays

36 hours patient facing time per week

• State of Ohio Certificate to practice as a Certified Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• State of Ohio Certificate to Prescribe.
• Federal DEA Registration Number.
• CPR - approved by the American Heart Association
• ACLS - approved by the American Heart Association

• Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
• Promotes culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
• Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience.
• Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of job role or practice.
• Adheres to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities.
• Maintains compliance with organization’s policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards.
• Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential patient information.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service through his/her attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organization.
• Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and DNV standards and/or standards from other accrediting bodies.

Standards of Behavior Adheres to the standards of behavior (ownership, integrity, professionalism, teammate, service excellence, and communication).

Five Fundamentals of Service Adheres to the five fundamentals of service (acknowledgement, introduction, duration, explanation, and thank you) to promote quality customer service.

Service Recovery Demonstrates a commitment to the service recovery CARE approach (Connect, Apologize, Repair, and Exceed).

• Works with a diverse patient population with acute, self-limiting medical complaints and injuries, acute stages of chronic diseases, and acute illnesses or injuries.
• Performs and documents history and physical examinations of acute care patients.
• Performs and documents discharge summaries.
• Coordinates care with Physicians and other Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants.
• Responds to and evaluates urgent requests for service, and when necessary, provides treatment procedures essential for the life of the patient.
• Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit.
• Initiates and implements patient education and plan of care.
• Maintains acceptable standards of patient care.
• Identifies problems and guides personnel to their solution.
• Creates a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of personnel.
• Administers medications and intravenous solutions skillfully and correctly.
• Maintains the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting.
• Participates in planning changes and improvements.
• Participates in hospital safety and security programs.
• Supports and enforces infection-control policies and procedures.
• Is resourceful and calm in emergencies.
• Maintains a professional approach with confidentiality.
• Displays concern and initiative. Displays original thinking and creativity. Meets challenges with resourcefulness. Generates suggestions for improving work. Develops innovative approaches and ideas. Presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.
• Observes and supports hospital policy.
• Is prompt and efficient with minimal absences.
• Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and…