Advanced Practice Professional - Rapid Care PRN - Potomac Valley Hospital

Provide healthcare services, under the supervision of a physician .Conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counselpatients. May prescribe medicine. Maintains an effectiveprofessional relationship with patients, families, co-workers,medical staff, and administration and works to create a culture ofservice excellence.

• Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with Master’sDegree in Nursing
• National Certification by one of the recognized APRNCertification Centers
• Current licensure or eligibility for licensure as a professional
  
  Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia
• Basic Life Support Certification required with additional
  
  Advanced Life Support (ALS)/Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training at the discretion of the department.

• Acute care, surgical, critical care, or trauma experience

The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be construed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

• Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as x-ray and POClab tests.
• Examines patients to obtain information about their physicalcondition.
• Instructs and counsels patients about prescribed therapeuticregimens, normal growth and development, emotional problems ofdaily living, and health maintenance.
• Interprets diagnostic test results for deviations fromnormal.
• Makes diagnosis and decisions about management and treatment of patients.
• Obtains, compiles and records patient medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examinationutilizing the Meditech EMR.
• Performs therapeutic procedures, such as injections,immunizations, suturing and wound care and infectionmanagement.
• Prescribes therapy or medication – electronically when available.
• Educates, instructs and coordinates activities with the medical assistant(s) as needed during the care and treatment of patients.
• Provides emergency support following established policies and procedures.
• Communicates with staff, medical staff and administration insupport of operations.

The physical demands described hereare representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Near Vision Required.
• Normal Hearing Required.
• Manual Dexterity Required.
• Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving,stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying of materials and equipment.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Cognizant of environmental factors, infection control issues,and maintains a safe environment.

• 1. Demonstrates competency as appropriate in patient careassessment for each patient population area served:
  Neonatal,Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric.

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United States of America (Exempt)

SMG System Medical Group

7372 SMG Rapid Care PVH

• 100 Pin Oak Lane
• Keyser
• West Virginia

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries(collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fairemployment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does nottolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any othercovered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy,sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service inthe uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or locallaw.

All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives areprohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policyapplies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, butnot limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline,compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.