Advanced Practice Provider - Union City
About The Position
This role involves providing direct patient care, evaluating outcomes, and collaborating with physicians and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal age-appropriate patient care. The Advanced Practice Provider will maintain medical records, order and interpret diagnostic studies, and provide guidance and counseling to patients and families regarding their health care. The position also requires participation in educational programs to enhance professional growth and development, and providing education to other practice staff. Adherence to departmental policies, quality assurance, safety, and infection control standards is essential.
Requirements
- Must possess a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree.
- Licensed to practice professional nursing in the State of Michigan.
- Must demonstrate and promote a strong commitment toward achieving customer/patient satisfaction.
- CPR/ACLS certification.
Responsibilities
- Takes complete medical history and performs physical examinations.
- Maintains medical record, including history, immunizations, growth and development, medications, physical exams, dietary management, and other pertinent information.
- Reviews medical history, physical findings, results of diagnostic studies, social history, and other relevant information with a supervising physician, and in conjunction with the physician, proposes a plan for care of patient.
- Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, and consults with other specialists as required to ensure optimal age-appropriate patient care.
- Consults with and/or refers to the supervising physician, when applicable, patients who show evidence of developing complex medical problems.
- Orders pertinent diagnostic studies and interprets results according to established protocols.
- Provides guidance and counseling to patients and families concerning problems related to total health care.
- Provides appropriate information and educational materials for patients and family.
- Collaborates with and refers questions to other health team members.
- Identifies available community resources and makes appropriate referrals.
- Seeks ways to incorporate new findings into the practice as appropriate. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
- Provides education for other practice staff.
- Incorporates established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards within practice.
- Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with standards.
- Provides care to patients with commitment to fiscal responsibility.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
