What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner position at Exceptional Care Services?
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Practitioner Job Description
Exceptional Care Services: Exceptional Care Services partners with long term care facilities to provide consistent advanced medicine.
Our purpose is to enhance the life of each individual we touch by exceeding expectations through compassion and love.
We seek to be recognized as the premier provider of exceptional service.
Nurse Practitioner Job Responsibilities: The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) participates as an active leader of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) care team. The APRN works autonomously and in collaboration with the facility nursing and management staff, facility medical director, and the Exceptional Care Services (ECS) provider team to provide exceptional care to skilled and long-term care residents across all Exceptional Care Living Centers.
The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for management of chronic health conditions and is expected to provide evidence-based care to all residents within the facility. Specific duties are as follows:
- Treat residents in a nursing facility during the work week and is on-site at the facility a minimum of eight (8) hours per workday providing on-site resident services.
- Attend care plan/family meetings as necessary.
- On-call and available via telephone from 7am-7pm Monday through Friday. Outside of these hours the staff will be directed to contact our contracted call service provider.
- Review labs, diagnostics, and consults for assigned residents.
- Review and initiate orders for all new admissions, readmissions, Emergency Room visits and outpatient/consult visits.
- Assess and treat both chronic and acute health conditions, to include prescribing new medications/treatments or adjusting existing regimens including controlled medications.
- Collaborate with contracted pharmacist to review and address all Pharmacy recommendations as appropriate.
- Initiate Goals of Care discussions related to code status, palliative care and end of life care, when appropriate.
- Collaborate with therapy and social services for discharge planning for short-term skilled patients.
- Maintain confidentiality of all patient records.
- Follow all federal, state, and nursing guidelines, regulations, and standards.
- Refer patients to specialists if necessary and analyzes medical records and reports.
- Know how to use popular tools, including: medical database software, medical research software, medical diagnosis software, medical billing software, e-prescribing software, scheduling software, billing software, and telemedicine software.
Exceptional Expectations:
The NP is expected to be on-site at the facility providing resident medical care a minimum of eight (8) hours each work-day. Hours may range between 7 am – 5.30 pm. Alternate hours must be pre-approved by the Chief Practice Officer.
The NP is expected to be on call and available via telephone from 7 am – 7 pm each workday.
The NP must see all new admissions within two (2) days of admission, except for those who are admitted over the weekend.
Acute issues must be addressed within 48 business hours of notification, with the exception of emergencies that must be addressed immediately.
The NP is expected to participate in the facilities’ clinical meetings and/or coordinate with DON/Unit manager daily.
Documentation in ECS EMR software for all visits must be completed within 24 hours of date of service.
The APRN is expected to practice consistently with an ethical code of conduct, national board certification, evidence-based principles and current practice standards.
Nurse Practitioner Qualifications and Skills:
Handles the physical demands of the job, including walking, sitting and standing for long periods of time and lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds.
Communicates effectively.
Collaborates with nurse practitioners, LPN, RN, physicians, facilities’ medical director, directors of nursing, executive directors and other medical professionals.
Problem-solves well independently and as part of a team.
Develops strong relationships with patients and their families and has a stellar bedside manner.
Nurse Practitioner Education and Experience Requirements:
Active and unencumbered Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse licenses in the state of practice.
National board certification as a Nurse Practitioner from an accredited agency, AANP or ANCC.
Masters in Nursing required, Doctorate of Nursing preferred.
Active prescriptive authority and DEA licensure.
Two or more years of clinical experience as a nurse or nursing practitioner at a nursing home facility, physician practice or in a hospital setting with a related specialty is strongly preferred.
