Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Nahunta, GA Long Term Care

ACCESS MEDICAL CLINIC•Nahunta, GA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Long-Term Care Advanced Practitioner (APP) is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA) who serves as a dedicated clinical partner within skilled nursing, long-term care, and post-acute facilities. The APP provides a consistent clinical presence, supporting resident care, clinical decision-making, and medical management alongside the medical director. The role involves substantial clinical autonomy and close partnership with facility leadership, nursing staff, attending physicians, and interdisciplinary care teams. The position focuses on stabilizing medically complex residents in the facility, reducing potentially avoidable hospital transfers and emergency department utilization, supporting regulatory and clinical quality performance, improving responses to condition changes and escalation pathways, enhancing communication with residents, families, and care teams, and supporting appropriate healthcare resource utilization. Care is delivered in person within long-term care and post-acute facilities. Regional travel between facilities may be required.

Requirements

MSN, DNP, MPAS, DMSc, or equivalent advanced degree.
Currently registered or licensed in the applicable state, with an active license in good standing maintained throughout employment.
Board certification through AANP, ANCC, or NCCPA.
DEA and BLS certifications.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to interact pleasantly and professionally with the public, patients, and staff.
Knowledge of professional medical practice and patient care, including providing and evaluating care.
Knowledge of organizational policies, regulations, and procedures for administering patient care.
Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments used to administer patient care.
Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply treatment protocols and procedures.
Ability to recognize conditions requiring consultation with a collaborating physician and to work with that physician, in person or by phone, on cases outside established protocols.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, and twist continuously throughout the workday.
Functional speech, vision, touch, and hearing.
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist, lift up to 20 lbs over the head, carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance, and push or pull with 30 lbs of force.
Ability to perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs with a second person present.
Ability to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.
Ability to work with exposure to mechanical, electrical, chemical, and radiation hazards, as well as blood and body fluids, using protective clothing and equipment as necessary.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of clinical experience.
Long-term care, skilled nursing facility, or geriatric experience; this experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive and ongoing clinical assessments for long-term care and post-acute residents.
Diagnose and manage acute and chronic disease processes common to long-term care populations.
Order and interpret diagnostic, laboratory, and radiographic data.
Develop, implement, and adjust individualized care plans in collaboration with facility teams.
Manage high-risk conditions, including infections and sepsis risk, wounds, CHF, COPD and other advanced chronic diseases, dementia and behavioral health symptoms, polypharmacy and medication risks, and end-of-life or goals-of-care needs when appropriate.
Maintain a consistent clinical presence in assigned facilities.
Collaborate with facility leadership to optimize clinical workflows and communication pathways.
Support new-admission clinical stabilization and transition-of-care management.
Participate in interdisciplinary care planning and complex case reviews.
Provide clinical education and support to facility nursing staff when appropriate.
Support initiatives to reduce readmissions and improve resident stability.
Practice in alignment with federal and state long-term care regulations.
Support facility clinical documentation readiness for surveys and audits.
Participate in root-cause reviews of hospital transfers and adverse clinical events.
Support infection-prevention and clinical quality-improvement initiatives.
Contribute to performance-improvement efforts related to facility quality measures.
Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant clinical documentation and follow AMC clinical protocols and documentation standards.
Maintain licensure, certification, and continuing-education requirements and comply with HIPAA, OSHA, and infection-control standards.
Exercise independent clinical judgment within scope of licensure, escalate care appropriately to collaborating physicians or specialists, and prioritize resident safety and early intervention.
Use EHR and clinical documentation systems effectively, participate in telehealth or virtual-care models when appropriate, and use available clinical data to support risk identification and care planning.
Attend scheduled department staff and clinical meetings.
Provide excellent customer service with diplomacy and tact while following company confidentiality and privacy policies and HIPAA requirements.
Travel between facilities regionally when required and perform other duties as assigned.