What are the responsibilities and job description for the NP needed for Skilled Nursing / Post Acute Care position at UPMC Central PA?
Join our UPMC Post-Acute Care network providing primary care to older adults who have complex health care needs as well as consultations for patients with specific geriatric conditions. Excellent opportunity for rapid practice growth and development.
Nurse Practitioner will provide quality patient care in various locations such as a skilled nursing or assisted living facility, our Carlisle Rehab, and patient's residence within four (4) counties (New Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, York)
About the position :
- We offer a patient-centered medical home model
- Transition to care visits from hospital
- Position allows for flexible work schedule within traditional office hours
- Very light call shared amongst provider team
- Innovative care model, optimizing provider-patient interaction
- UPMC Central Pa utilizes a system wide Epic EMR
- 12 week orientation program
- Transition to care visits
- Provide procedures not limited to Adjust medications, check blood pressure / vitals, take and draw labs (blood / urine analysis), change wound bandages
Desired Candidate :
Benefits :
About South Central Pennsylvania
Features both rural and suburban living and boasts an abundance of sports, arts, cultural events, and entertainment. Close to historically significant areas such as Gettysburg and world-famous Hershey Park and Hershey's Chocolate World.
Offers top-rated public schools, blue-ribbon private schools, and some of Pennsylvania's top colleges and universities. Area school districts are consistently ranked in the top 20 percent of Pennsylvania.
With affordable homes a composite cost of living index of 99.7, compared to 126.5 in Philadelphia it's a great place to grow a career and family Listed among Forbes.com America's Most Livable Cities, and ranked in U.S. News & World Report's Best Cities to Live. We are a two to three hour drive away from New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.
About UPMC Central Pa
UPMC Central Pa is a nationally recognized leader in providing high-quality, patient-centered health care services in central Pennsylvania and surrounding rural communities. The not-for-profit system cares for more than 1.2 million area residents yearly, providing life-saving emergency care, essential primary care and leading-edge diagnostic services. The UPMC Pinnacle health system includes seven acute care hospitals with 1,161 licensed beds, over 160 outpatient clinics and ancillary facilities, more than 2,900 physicians and allied health professionals, and approximately 11,000 employees. It is a health care hub serving Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, York, Lancaster, Lebanon, Juniata, Franklin, Adams and parts of Snyder counties.
