Mercy Care Connections Clinic Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Mercy Cedar Rapids•Baltimore, MD

About The Position

This position supports Mercy’s patient-centered care philosophy by providing clinical care, education, and direction in the appropriate areas. The advanced practice provider works in collaboration with a physician and other team members to care for patients and their families. In the Care Connections Clinic, the provider designs comfort-care plans for patients experiencing chronic disease or end-of-life states. The role works with a multidisciplinary team that includes nurses, social workers, chaplains, and a medical director, and collaborates with community health care teams to support effective transitions of care.

Requirements

Education sufficient to obtain the required licensure.
Currently licensed to practice as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in Iowa.
Complete Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter training and submit certification to Human Resources before the start or transfer date.
Ability to apply critical analytic thought to patient care.
Ability to assist physicians and nursing staff with procedures.
Strong leadership qualities.
Exceptional communication skills.
Strong commitment to excellence.
Experience evaluating and managing patients in the relevant specialty area.
For the Care Connections Clinic, proven experience evaluating and managing patients in palliative and/or hospice care.
For the Care Connections Clinic, valid driver’s license and personal automobile insurance.

Responsibilities

Perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical and psychosocial examinations.
Manage diagnostic tests by ordering, performing, interpreting, and supervising them as part of the assessment process.
Prescribe pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions in collaboration with the supervising physician.
Evaluate, modify, and document plans of care according to patients’ responses to therapy, changes in condition, and therapeutic interventions to optimize outcomes.
Assess the needs of families and caregivers.
Synthesize information from multiple sources to make clinical judgments and decisions about recommendations and treatments.
Initiate appropriate referrals and perform consultations.
Lead the health care team through teaching, coaching, and support to advance the plan of care.
Maintain current knowledge of state and federal regulations affecting advanced registered nurse practitioner practice.
Follow Mercy safety guidelines, fulfill job-specific safety responsibilities, and promptly report unsafe conditions, situations, incidents, and injuries.
Design comfort-care plans for patients with chronic disease or end-of-life conditions in the Care Connections Clinic.
Work effectively with a multidisciplinary team, including nurses, social workers, chaplains, and the medical director.
Collaborate with community health care teams to support effective transitions of care.