APP, GASTROENTEROLOGY

HHC•Indianapolis, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

EMG is affiliated with Eskenazi Health and employs physician and advanced practice providers who support the Eskenazi Health system. A multi-specialty provider group, it strives to be a leading primary care provider serving all patients regardless of ability to pay or condition of health while advancing medicine through teaching and research. Eskenazi Health is one of American's largest safety net health systems with more than 1 million outpatient visits each year. Partnering with the Indiana University School of Medicine, Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana. In addition to the 327-bed hospital located on its downtown Indianapolis campus, Eskenazi Health provides services at 10 federally qualified health care centers and multiple mental health sites and residential facilities located throughout Indianapolis. Eskenazi Health is accredited by The Joint Commission and has been highlighted as one of the nation's 150 best places to work for four consecutive years. Indianapolis offers affordable housing, excellent schools and a wealth of entertainment options, including a variety of amateur and professional sports teams, dynamic museums, live theater productions, symphony and opera concerts, a wide variety of shopping options and restaurants, and numerous outdoor festivals, as well as the famous Indy 500 race each May.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with a Master of Science degree
Current Indiana license as a Registered Nurse or current registration with another State Board of Nursing followed by immediate registration with the Indiana Board of Nurse Examiners for license endorsement
Collaborative agreement with affiliated physician group
Current Indiana Controlled Substance and Drug Enforcement Registration

Responsibilities

Provides a history and initial and ongoing physical assessment of patients: medical, physical and psychosocial status including data from all relevant sources:
Obtains relevant health and medical history from patients and/or caregivers,
Performs physical exam appropriate for age, history, and presentation, including comprehensive functional assessment when clinically indicated
Conducts preventive screening and diagnostic procedures based on age and history
Identifies patient’s medical and health risks and needs
Updates and records changes in health status
Orders, conducts and interprets diagnostic tests
Maintains follow-up on patient labs and tests
Identifies the needs of the individual, family, or community as a result of the evaluation of the collected data
Selects treatment interventions to promote quality of care while considering safety, effectiveness and cost
Formulates the appropriate differential diagnosis based on history, physical exam, clinical findings and diagnostic test findings
Develops care plan and communicates the plan to patient, their care giver, or family
Evaluates patient responses in relation to care provided and the expected outcomes
Identifies non-pharmacologic interventions and prescribes non-pharmacologic therapies; identifies pharmacologic interventions and prescribes pharmacologic therapies within approved prescriptive authority from the State of Indiana
Provides patient education
Makes appropriate referrals to physicians and other health professionals and community agencies,
Determines the effectiveness of plans of care based on identifies, objective outcomes and reassesses and modifies the plan as necessary to achieve medical and health goals of the individual patient and communicates findings and plan of care to patient, their care giver or family