AH Floyd Weight Management - NP​/PA

Department: 02400 FLMG General Surgery 304 Turner McCall Blvd
- Surgery

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule Details: Monday
- Friday, NO CALL, NO WEEKENDS, NO HOLIDAYS

Pay Range: $51.05 - $76.60

• Completes and documents accurate comprehensive, episodic history and physical assessments
• Performs ordering, conducting, supervising, and interpreting diagnostic laboratory and imaging studies
• Prescribes treatments, and therapies not limited to medications, diet, supplies, prosthetic devices, and equipment
• Implements primary and secondary prevention strategies and management of acute and chronic health problems
• Provides clear, concise, accurate, and legible information regarding patient care in the record
• Formulates a comprehensive plan of care in collaborating with the patient and interdisciplinary team
• Fulfills billing and productivity metrics requirements where appropriate and maintains relevant documentation
• Provides other clinical duties as appropriate
• Works with interdisciplinary team to develop resource conscious care delivery strategies
• Provides education to patients, families, staff and significant others using established education materials and assists patient and families in making healthcare decisions

• Advocates for patients, families, co‑workers, the community, and the nursing profession
• Advises leadership in adoption of organizational change, quality improvement initiatives, best practice research and patient care best practice and integrate evidence‑based knowledge and clinical expertise in decision making
• Participates in peer review in accordance with privileges, competency assessment activities and maintains appropriate credentialing and privileging requirements
• Seeks experiences and formal and independent learning activities to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge
• Establishes an effective relationship with the interdisciplinary team including the collaborating physician where appropriate
• Advances the profession through presentations and publications
• Conducts, assists and/or mentors others in research through participant selection, coordination of the protocol(s), data collection, and other associated activities
• Provides education to patients, families, and significant others using established education materials
• Encourage involvement in professional organizations
• Seeks experiences and formal and independent learning activities to maintain and develop nurses’ clinical and professional skills and knowledge

• Provides feedback to and consults with leadership in assessment, problem‑solving, decision‑making, and evaluating system issues and models of care
• Identifies and participates in quality‑improvement initiatives within the practice setting and initiates change to translate clinical research findings into evidence‑based interventions in the practice setting
• Participates or leads multidisciplinary teams to provide integrated delivery of patient care services
• Initiates and revises protocols or guidelines and facilitates organizational change to reflect evidence‑based best practice relative to practice setting
• Performs comprehensive patient population needs assessment and analyzes data and provides recommendation s for organizational outcomes where appropriate
• Advises Interdisciplinary Care Teams with evidence based interventions, health promotion information and population health management strategies
• Works to influence policy‑making bodies to improve patient care

PA‑C or NP

• Master's Degree in Nursing from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program or Master's Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program

• Well‑developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency with an Electronic Medical Record
• National certification as a CNS from an accredited body
• Current Illinois APRN License
• Current Illinois Registered Nurse license.
• Current Illinois Controlled Substance License within 6 months of hire
• Eligible for DEA registration;
  Possession of a current DEA Registration within six months of hire and may vary based on practice site
• Current…