Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Full-Time - AVALA Pain - RO43

AVALA•Covington, LA

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant is responsible for caring for patients, maintaining accurate and current patient records and scheduling and administering follow-up appointments to patients as required. They work as a team with our nurses/medical assistants and physicians in delivering premium care to patients.

Requirements

Ability to work within a team and take direction
Must be familiar with the EHR medical charting system
Strong written and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to demonstrate reliability and responsiveness
Demonstrates sound judgment in respecting the confidentiality of patient and employee information
Seeks guidance and direction in the performance of responsibilities and duties
Promotes and demonstrates exceptional customer service skills
Shares and receives information, concerns and feedback in a supportive manner
Educated on and compliant with HIPAA regulations; maintains strict confidentiality of client information
Complies with Infection Control, Standard Precautions and OSHA standards for the healthcare professional
Ability to work effectively within role independently and with other team members
Ability to organize and complete work in a timely manner
Action Orientation - Targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, accepts responsibility, establishes standards and responsibilities, creates a results-oriented environment, and follows through on actions.
Communications - Communicates well both verbally and in writing. Effectively conveys and shares information and ideas with others. Listens carefully and understands various viewpoints. Presents ideas clearly and concisely and understands relevant detail in presented information.
Creativity/Innovation - Generates novel ideas and develops or improves existing and new systems that challenge the status quo, takes risks, and encourages innovation.
Critical Judgment - Possesses the ability to define issues and focus on achieving workable solutions. Consistently does the right thing by performing with reliability.
Customer Orientated - Listens to customers, builds customer confidence, increases customer satisfaction, ensures commitments are met, sets appropriate customer expectations, and responds to customer needs.
Interpersonal Skills - Effectively and productively engages with others and establishes trust, credibility, and confidence with others.
Leadership - Motivates, empowers, inspires, collaborates with, and encourages others. Builds consensus when appropriate. Focuses team members on common goals.
Teamwork - Knows when and how to attract, develop, reward, and utilize teams to optimize results. Acts to build trust, inspire enthusiasm, encourage others, and help resolve conflicts and develop consensus in creating high-performance teams.
Graduation from an approved NP/PA Program
Meet Louisiana Licensing requirements applicable to a practicing NP/PA
Cardiac Life Support (ACLS PALS) Certification.
Current Certification by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or American Nurse Credentialing Center, (NP), or Current Certification by the National Commission of Physician’s Assistants
Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing
Basic computer knowledge

Nice To Haves

2 years Pain Management experience preferred

Responsibilities

Provide care to patients acting as an assistant to physicians following established standards and practices
Conducts thorough medical histories, performs physical examinations, initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of pain to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan with direct review by a physician
Must be able to work with autonomy and under direction of supervising physician
Interrogate, manage, and refill spinal intrathecal infusion devices
Administer Joint, trigger point, Botox, and other in-house injections
Assess post-operative patients
Recommend surgical procedures and other appropriate treatment
Perform peer-to-peer conferences and assist with necessary items to obtain authorization
Provides information and answers routine questions of patients regarding pain management issues
Educate patients regarding their pain, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards
Performs appropriate record keeping, completes appropriate patient medical chart, transcribes lab data and routine correspondences
Demonstrates compassion and professionalism and a commitment to excellent patient care
Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes
Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition
Assess characteristics of patients' pain such as intensity, location, and duration using standardized clinical measures
Adhere to CDC prescription guidelines
Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions such as medication, spinal injections, IT pumps, injections and SCS implants
Follow through with the patient’s comprehensive plan for immediate and long-term rehabilitation
Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, and communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency
Collect, order, and interpret lab work and diagnostic studies under agreed upon protocols
May organize referrals and/or consultations when appropriate
Will participate in research and education/training as requested
Create and implement individualized care plans according to each individual patient’s health needs
Monitor ongoing therapy and compliance of patients
Monitor patients to determine how well they are responding to prescribed treatments and make changes to ensure further efficacy
Delegate's adequate authority to staff MAs to properly perform assigned responsibilities
Complete appropriate encounter documentation and prepare medications to be sent in a timely manner
Performs other duties as required by the Medical Director, Staff Physicians, Practice Manager
Other duties as assigned/ required