Nurse Practitioner IV

Independence Health System Careers•Greensburg, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Evaluates, examines, diagnoses, and treats patients in collaboration with a supervising or substitute supervising physician, following established guidelines and protocols. Promotes patient well-being through preventive healthcare and guidance. Care is provided in outpatient settings and is predominantly Monday through Friday. The role also performs procedures, assists with surgery, and provides pre- and postoperative care according to established guidelines and physician direction. The position requires regular, consistent, on-site, and timely attendance, as well as the ability to perform the essential functions described in the referenced Physical Conditions and Working Conditions charts.

Requirements

Ability to perform the essential functions listed on the Physical Conditions and Working Conditions charts referenced in the posting.
Cardiology experience is preferred, not required.

Nice To Haves

1–2 years of cardiology experience.

Responsibilities

Collect systematic patient assessment data, perform physical examinations and obtain histories, and document findings in the medical record within established time frames.
Manage patients’ physical and psychological conditions by identifying normal and abnormal findings, implementing and revising individualized treatment plans, evaluating responses to medications and treatments, prescribing immunizations per recommended schedules, and seeking consultation when appropriate.
Educate patients and families about health maintenance, self-care, medications, pain management, resources, follow-up care, and immunizations, tailoring instruction to their learning needs.
Communicate and coordinate care with physicians and other healthcare providers, maintain problem and medication lists, facilitate consultations, direct patients to appropriate levels of care, and help connect them with treatment or rehabilitation resources.
Participate in performance-improvement activities, including identifying improvement initiatives, assisting with chart reviews or audits, and supporting changes intended to improve outcomes, satisfaction, or efficiency.
Demonstrate leadership, critical thinking, accountability, appropriate delegation, patient advocacy, resourcefulness, and preceptor or mentor skills; complete annual competency requirements and help maintain or reduce organizational costs.
Promote patient safety by following infection-control processes, using two forms of patient identification, and practicing National Patient Safety Goals.
Support regulatory compliance and survey readiness; participate in medication reporting and required safety, fire, utility, hazard, and disaster drills; maintain accountability for narcotics under applicable policies.
Perform procedures and assist with surgery, including positioning and preparing patients, assisting the surgeon, maintaining sterile technique, performing skin closures as directed, monitoring patients until clinically stable, and performing suture removal and dressing changes as directed.
Be available for calls from home to assist with emergency surgeries.
Provide pre- and postoperative care, including histories and physicals, patient and family teaching, rounds, review of laboratory and diagnostic results, ordering appropriate testing under established guidelines, discharge planning, and timely discharge summaries.
Respond effectively in emergency situations, facilitate timely treatment of abnormal findings, support patient transfers and discharges, and participate in outcome management and Press Ganey scores.
In collaboration with the physician, interview, evaluate, and assess clinic patients; recommend ongoing treatment or alternate levels of care; adjust medications as indicated; and educate patients and families about medications and possible side effects.
Collaborate with the supervising or substitute supervising physician and treatment team, report significant changes in patient status, review and modify treatment goals with patients within prescribed time frames, and communicate pertinent information promptly.
Document patient mental status, screenings and assessments, medication changes and prescriptions, patient concerns, telephone contacts, session start and end times, and other required information; sign and date documentation.