Advanced Practice Provider- Intensivist - Casual/PRN - Rotating

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Nebraska Methodist Health System seeks a healthcare professional to provide primary health care through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. The role involves developing and following through with treatment plans, collaborating with physicians, and educating patients and families on medications and prevention.

Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive assessments, order and interpret tests, and ensuring safe, evidence-based care across age groups within a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Provides primary health care for patients by utilizing the process of assessment and diagnosis of health status, development and implementation of treatment plans and follow-up and evaluation plans of patient outcomes.
• Obtains patient's medical and history information, data collection is prioritized according to immediate condition or needs.
• Determines patient's mental status.
• Collaborates with physicians and other disciplines as appropriate and provides regular and consistent feedback.
• Uses new or additional data to form a treatment plan.
• Incorporates research into clinical practice as appropriate.
• Performs advanced assessments on complex patients and develops specific interventions to prevent iatrogenic complications.
• Provides patient and family education regarding proper use of medication and health/illness prevention to ensure adequate knowledge/awareness by interviewing and advising specifically to patient needs and recommending appropriate community resources.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to family regarding need for patient information on a timely basis.
• Works collaboratively with physicians and other team members to provide appropriate patient education geared to the patient's needs and family's ability to provide care.
• Uses adult learning principles for teaching purposes being careful to check for understanding and being available for follow-up questions.
• Recommends references and resources such as printed materials, online, community and other information sources to fulfill the family's need for education.
• Prepares prescription orders/inquiries/renewals to facilitate patient care by writing orders for drugs and controlled substances and relaying information to pharmacy.
• Implement interventions consistent with the established plan of care in a safe and appropriate manner.
• Apply established therapeutic practices to patient's problem.
• Prescribe medications according to Controlled Substance Registration Certificate issued by the DEA.
• Generates referrals to appropriate services as needed to further diagnose and/or progress of care.
• Administers medication and immunizations to ensure patient health by injection, inhalation or oral methods.
• Perform patient consultations/physical exams to determine the assigned patient's needs independently and under physician direction.
• Includes obtaining patient medical history, checking vital signs, performing tests relevant to patient condition and recording findings.
• Develops preliminary diagnosis to prescribe diagnostic and therapeutic procedures by ordering appropriate laboratory tests, interpreting data, and utilizing principles of prevention.
• Uses appropriate assessment techniques & diagnostic information. Performs tests relevant to patient condition and record finding.
• Order appropriate ancillary tests.
• Derives diagnosis from the assessment data and diagnostic information as data becomes available.
• Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the patient to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the "Age Specific Criteria".
• Demonstrates ability to identify opportunities for and give individualized customer service/patient care according to customer/patient needs.
• Right Task
• Right Person
• Right Communication (clear, concise, correct, complete)
• Right Feedback
• Maintain a professional behavior in attitudes, demeanor, and interactions to achieve organization's mission.
• Communicates effectively with physicians, staff and patients.
• Is approachable and professional in working with other health professionals, patients and their family.
• Maintains a professional appearance, behavior, and work environment.
• Initiates action to correct, prevent and /or minimize risk(s) to the patient, family or hospital/clinic employees (i.e. falls, needle sticks, patient concerns).
• Communicates to appropriate personnel regarding unresolved issues. Serves as a role model in the provision of emerging care.
• Serves

Job description

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?

At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:

Location: Nebraska Methodist Hospital ICU

Address: 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha.

Work Schedule: 12 hour shifts. Rotating weekdays/weekends/holidays.

Provides primary health care for patients.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

Provides primary health care for patients by utilizing the process of assessment and diagnosis of health status, development and implementation of treatment plans and follow-up and evaluation plans of patient outcomes.

• Obtains patient's medical and history information, data collection is prioritized according to immediate condition or needs.
• Determines patient's mental status.
• Collaborates with physicians and other disciplines as appropriate and provides regular and consistent feedback.
• Uses new or additional data to form a treatment plan.
• Incorporates research into clinical practice as appropriate.
• Performs advanced assessments on complex patients and develops specific interventions to prevent iatrogenic complications.

Provides patient and family education regarding proper use of medication and health/illness prevention to ensure adequate knowledge/awareness by interviewing and advising specifically to patient needs and recommending appropriate community resources.

• Demonstrates sensitivity to family regarding need for patient information on a timely basis.
• Works collaboratively with physicians and other team members to provide appropriate patient education geared to the patient's needs and family's ability to provide care.
• Uses adult learning principles for teaching purposes being careful to check for understanding and being available for follow-up questions.
• Recommends references and resources such as printed materials, online, community and other information sources to fulfill the family's need for education.

Prepares prescription orders/inquiries/renewals to facilitate patient care by writing orders for drugs and controlled substances and relaying information to pharmacy.

• Implement interventions consistent with the established plan of care in a safe and appropriate manner.
• Apply established therapeutic practices to patient's problem.
• Prescribe medications according to Controlled Substance Registration Certificate issued by the DEA.
• Generates referrals to appropriate services as needed to further diagnose and/or progress of care.

Administers medication and immunizations to ensure patient health by injection, inhalation or oral methods.

Perform patient consultations/physical exams to determine the assigned patient's needs independently and under physician direction. Includes obtaining patient medical history, checking vital signs, performing tests relevant to patient condition and recording findings.

• Obtain patient's medical and psychosocial history; perform physical exam and determine patient's mental status.
• Collaborate with physicians and other clinical disciplines as appropriate. Provide teaching and patient education specific to the patient's health care problem.
• Order appropriate ancillary tests.

Develops preliminary diagnosis to prescribe diagnostic and therapeutic procedures by ordering appropriate laboratory tests, interpreting data, and utilizing principles of prevention.

• Uses appropriate assessment techniques & diagnostic information. Performs tests relevant to patient condition and record finding.
• Order appropriate ancillary tests.
• Derives diagnosis from the assessment data and diagnostic information as data becomes available.

Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the patient to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the "Age Specific Criteria".

• Demonstrates ability to identify opportunities for and give individualized customer service/patient care according to customer/patient needs.
• Right Task
• Right Person
• Right Communication (clear, concise, correct, complete)
• Right Feedback

Maintain a professional behavior in attitudes, demeanor, and interactions to achieve organization's mission.

• Communicates effectively with physicians, staff and patients.
• Is approachable and professional in working with other health professionals, patients and their family.
• Maintains a professional appearance, behavior, and work environment.
• Initiates action to correct, prevent and /or minimize risk(s) to the patient, family or hospital/clinic employees (i.e. falls, needle sticks, patient concerns).
• Communicates to appropriate personnel regarding unresolved issues. Serves as a role model in the provision of emerging care.
• Serves