NP or PA- Emergency Medicine - Sheboygan - Casual Strongly

Major Responsibilities

• Evaluates, diagnoses, treats, and manages acute and critical patients within an hospital setting for the majority of work shift.
• Acts as the primary patient and physician contact. Works one‑on‑one with the physician to facilitate access to the specialty team for the patient. Provides for continuity of care by ensuring smooth transitions between care settings and tracks patient along the care continuum including post‑discharge.
• Provides clinical direction to nursing staff regarding the continued care of patients. Follows through with nursing staff to ensure patient receives recommended care.
• Prescribes, recommends and regulates pharmacologic and non‑pharmacologic therapies across multiple care settings, including controlled medications that are warranted by patient’s diagnosis or changing medical condition.
• Provides complex care coordination, which includes managing a variety of ancillary services, pre‑operative plans, discharge planning, and provider referrals.
• Orders, performs, and interprets procedures and diagnostic tests or studies, in the field of clinical specialty trained and determined competent by a physician, to manage simple conditions such as those produced by infection or trauma, as well as to assist in the management of more complex illness and injury. Examples could include: injections, immunizations, suturing, wound care, bone marrow aspirations, biopsies and harvesting, spinal taps, thoracentesis and paracentesis.
• Counsels, instructs and educates patients on physical and mental health including: diet, preventive health measures, health behaviors, self‑care skills, disease, treatment options, and normal growth and development.
• Interprets and evaluates patient data as authorized by a physician for the purpose of determining management and treatment of patients. Consults with physician as appropriate.
• Adjusts patient care plan by reviewing and monitoring treatments and therapy plans.
• Prepares, dictates and signs patient care plans and summaries of patient care. Maintains records according to established standards and guidelines.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his/her age‑specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.
  
  Age‑specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, and
• Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber license issued by the state of Wisconsin, and
• Nurse Practitioner (AANP) certification issued by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), or
• Nurse Practitioner (ANCC) certification issued by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registration, and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification (ACLS) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months unless department leader has determined it is not required.

• Master’s Degree in Nursing.

• Typically requires 5 years of experience in providing and coordinating care for patients with acute, critical and chronic health conditions as a nurse practitioner.

• Maintains 85% of practice within an inpatient hospital setting assigned to one or multiple inpatient departments.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as an effective member of a health care team.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high stress environment while managing multiple demands.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to effectively collaborate with and establish/build relationships with others.
• Proven organizational skills and ability to prioritize…