What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Nurse Practitioner-Deaconess Cross Pointe Inpatient – DSS position at Deaconess?
Deaconess Cross Pointe is seeking a supplemental Family Nurse Practitioner to join our experienced team of Psychiatrists and several Advanced Practice Nurses. This hourly position does not require Mental Health Certification or specialist. The candidate will complete History & Physicals on newly admitted patients on a rotating basis with other NPs. Primary role will be to complete all admitted patient’s medical H&Ps within 24 hours of admission. Candidates should be licensed in the State of Indiana with full prescriptive authority and certified by the ANCC/AANP as a Nurse Practitioner. Experience in primary care medicine outpatient or inpatient and behavioral health settings is preferred.
Job Duties include the following, other duties may be assigned:
- Plans/coordinates patient discharge and/or transfer.
- Responds to the Emergency Department for evaluation and treatment of patients.
- Obtains histories and performs physical examinations.
- Diagnoses and manages acute and chronic health conditions via evidence based guidelines.
- Orders, conducts, and interprets diagnostic studies and laboratory tests.
- Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including but not limited to suturing, wound care, incision and drainage, splinting, casting, biopsies, invasive procedures such a line placement, etc. in accordance with training, scope of practice and collaborative and supervisory agreement requirements.
- Prescribes or recommends pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies, including controlled medications in accordance with practicing state’s Codes/Regulations, State Controlled Substance Registries , and supervisory agreements.
- Consults appropriate physician(s) for patient care needs.
- Refers patients to appropriate sources of care as indicated.
- Works to exceed national benchmarks for quality care delivery, cost containment and length of stay for various disease states.
- Assists patients to maximize their abilities to cope with health and illness.
- Presents and documents patient data.
- Responsible with hospitalist team to help reduce patient length of stay by performing tasks and evaluations in a timely manner, as well as, advocating for the patient regarding system issues in the hospital preventing them from creating barriers that increase patient length of stay, i.e. timely laboratory results, radiology reports, social issues, etc.
- Assures the efficient utilization of resources while supporting clinical pathway implementation and compliance.
- Assures appropriate and timely referrals to an appropriate facility as indicated by the patient care needs in consultation with the primary care physician.
- Participates in the assurance of robust communication system (including telephone communications as needed) on the admission/status updates, discharge summaries, etc. in acknowledgement of the inpatient hospitalization as a component of the continuum of care provided by the primary care physician.
- Supports the primary care physician/patient relationship.
- Actively establishes primary care relationships for patients who do not have primary care physicians.
- Maintains a collegial relationship with the interprofessional team involved in care of the patient inclusive of the primary care physician.
- Takes responsibility for assuring patient/family satisfaction with care provided.
- Promotes self-care, health promotion, and disease prevention through the provision of information, counseling, and education for individuals, families and groups as indicated.
- Develops and participates in community outreach programs/activities.
- Weekday and weekend after hour on call requirements.
- No holidays
- Assists with relevant billing documentation and development of efficient billing processes.
- Prescriptive authority will include controlled substance prescriptions for medications as is compliant within the practicing state’s codes/regulations (Indiana Code IC 25-23-1-19, and Kentucky KRS 218A.060 -130, under the conditions set forth in KRS 314.042).
- collaborative physician providers and APNs/PAs will meet to discuss patient care and management and to review current literature regarding practice trends as needed.
- Collaborative physician providers will evaluate the prescribing practices of the Advanced Practice /Physician Assistant by random, regular review.
