Advanced Practice Provider – Outreach Clinics (PTD)

Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC.; Little Rock (AR); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC. is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider for Outreach Clinics (PTD) to support cardiovascular care in the Russellville/Conway/Danville area. The APRN/PA collaborates with physicians to assess and manage patients with PAD, CHF, and HTN, while providing education and coordinating care with the interdisciplinary team.

New grads are welcome; training is provided to ensure safe, evidence-based practice and consistent patient outcomes in a fast-paced clinic setting.

Qualifikationen

• Graduate of an accredited Masters level program of nursing education.
• Active Arkansas RN license and APRN license or PA license with NCCPA.
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications; Medicare provider number and DEA registration.

Aufgaben

• Conducts comprehensive patient assessments per symptoms, age, and progress.
• Documents findings and communicates to the interdisciplinary team and physicians.
• Coordinates plan of care with the team to meet patient needs and goals.
• Prescribes and administers medications per prescriptive authority; maintains patient records.

Kenntnisse

Advanced Practice

Collaboration with physicians

Critical thinking

Ausbildung

Master's level nursing education

Jobbeschreibung

Advanced Practice Provider for Vein & Vascular Clinic. Primarily covering Russellville/Conway/Danville areas. Must be board certified and CMS eligible. Role offers autonomy and flexibility to those with keen assessment skills and treatment plan development in the area of cardiovascular disease with emphasis on PAD, CHF and HTN. Will train. New grads welcome.

Position Summary:

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRNs)/Physician Assistant (PA) collaborates with physicians and works with other healthcare providers as needed to individualize the healthcare needs of their patients. APRN/PA provides diagnosis and treatment of health problems; focus on the effects health problems have on the patient and the family; explain health problems and the effects of medications; emphasize wellness and self-care; and manage their own case load.
• APRN/PAs with prescriptive authority maintain a current collaboration agreement with a physician (as well as a physician who is available in their absence) who contractually agrees to be available for consultation and referral while maintaining the appropriate contracts as required by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing/State Medical Board.
• APRN/PAs perform physical exams; order/ interpret lab and radiologic studies; diagnose and treat acute and chronic health problems; provide health maintenance; and promote healthy lifestyles for patients.

Work Schedule

• Work schedules are agreed upon by the collaborative physician, Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) and APRN/PA to meet the needs of the patients.

Primary Duties:

• Conducts comprehensive patient assessments according to patients presenting symptoms, progress and age-specific parameters.
• Documents findings and communicates all pertinent information to interdisciplinary team members and collaborative physician(s) as appropriate.
• Coordinates with interdisciplinary team members in the development, evaluation, and revision of the plan of care as appropriate to meet the patients needs and goals.
• Provides competent care and ensures the provision of a safe and comforting environment resulting in a high level of patient satisfaction.
• Provides education to patients/families/significant others, incorporating age-specific criteria and assessment of readiness to learn.
• Maintains standard universal precautions.
• Prescribes and administers medications as outlined by prescriptive authority contract and completes treatments according to policies and within age-specific parameters.
• Maintains and completes all required patient record documentation.
• Directs admission and discharge planning in conjunction with interdisciplinary team identifying discharge medications, writing prescriptions, outlining dietary restrictions, discharge activities and follow up appointments to facilitate discharge process
• Utilizes critical thinking skills and decision making at an advanced level, i.e., lab, diagnostic test interpretation, etc.

Qualifications/Specifications

• Education: Graduate of an accredited Masters level program of nursing education that fulfills completion requirements for Advanced Practice Registered Nursing. Will consider grandfathered BSN graduates that have fulfilled educational requirements to obtain Advanced Practice licensure as required by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing or Physician Assistant (PA) degree from a school accredited by the Arkansas State Medical Board (ASMB) required.
• Licensure/Certification: Possession of an active current Arkansas Registered Nurse license and an Arkansas Advanced Practice Nurse license, active current certification by a nationally certifying body orPossession of an active current PA license issued by the ASMB and current Certified Physician Assistant (PAC), as issued by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) required. Current BLS and ACLS certifications. Eligible for or has current Medicare provider number and DEA registration. Certification(s) is to be renewed by recommended renewal date on certification card.
• Experience: Minimum of one-year experience as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistantpreferred.

Job Overview

Job Title:

Advanced Practice Provider – Outreach Clinics (PTD)