NP - Psychiatry OLOLPG Ascension

FMOL Health; Gonzales (LA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FMOL Health in Louisiana is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to provide high-acuity nursing care in collaboration with a physician, including pre- and postoperative visits.

This role requires direct patient management, rounding with physicians, ordering tests, and coordinating care transitions while serving as a patient advocate.

Qualifications

• Direct patient care capabilities in a high-acuity setting.
• Ability to collaborate with physicians to implement treatment plans.
• Strong critical thinking and clinical assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care management for high-acuity patients in collaboration with a physician.
• Conduct histories, physicals, and participate in admits/discharges; manage pre/postoperative visits.
• Order and/or perform diagnostic tests, develop, implement, and evaluate therapeutic regimens.
• Coordinate with consulting physicians, assist with rounds, and advocate for patients.

Skills

Direct patient care

Collaborative practice

Critical thinking

Education

Masters degree in Nursing

Job description

Job Description

To provide nursing medical care for high acuity patients in collaboration with a physician.

Job Description

To provide nursing medical care for high acuity patients in collaboration with a physician.

Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Provides direct patient care management to high acuity patients including performing histories and physicals, admits, and discharges; related to the care of specialty patients focusing on the maintenance, achievement, and restoration of optimal functions of patients.
• The NP will also visit patients prior to surgery, conduct discharge teaching afterward, and prescribe medications, including narcotics.

Partnership and Collaboration

• Plans, implements and evaluates nursing medical care consistent with medical treatment and care in collaboration with a physician. Additionally, the practitioner will initiate or modify medical treatment within an established plan of medical protocol.
• The NP will assist with consults, write orders, coordinate with consulting physicians, and accompany physicians on rounds. The NP will analyze clinical data; order and/or perform necessary diagnostic tests or procedures; develop, implement, and evaluate the therapeutic regimen.

Quality

• The NP will teach and provide support for patients and their families; minimize fragmentation by providing coordination of care; manage transition of the patient to step-down units or to out-patient settings; and serve as patient advocates.

Other Duties As Assigned

• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
• Criteria for Hospital Setting Nurse Practitioner: Patients of this role are of higher acuity in a specialized area This role involves being on call; This role involves hospital rounds; This role would be involved in assisting MDs with procedures (in clinic and/or hospital)

Qualifications

Education:

Masters degree in Nursing

Licensure:

ACLS; RN;BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification Current/unrestricted RN license; Advanced Practice License; ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center)