Nurse Practitioner - Forsythe Clinic NE

FMOLHS•Monroe, LA

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals, following established standards and practices. The role supports illness and injury care, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. The Nurse Practitioner relies on education, experience, professional training, and judgment, and is expected to exercise creativity and latitude. The position works under minimal supervision and under the direction of a collaborating physician, as appropriate. It may lead and direct the work of others within the scope of practice. The role includes assessing patients, formulating diagnoses, ordering and reviewing tests and procedures, implementing and revising treatment plans, coordinating referrals and interdisciplinary care, and discussing care plans with patients and families. The Nurse Practitioner also provides patient education, documents care, collaborates with the care team, precepts students, supports clinical quality improvement and research, and participates in hospital committees and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Advanced Practice License from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
Certification as a Nurse Practitioner by ANCC or AANP.
Current Louisiana state RN license.
Current BLS Certification, to be obtained within 6 months of hire.
Customer service skills.
Verbal and communication skills.
Computer skills.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, document teaching and learning needs, obtain detailed nursing histories, identify patients at physiologic or psychological risk, and determine priority care needs.
Formulate diagnoses and order appropriate therapeutic and diagnostic procedures in accordance with care standards and protocols.
Implement treatment plans, consult and refer to the interdisciplinary team as appropriate, and coordinate patient care activities.
Reassess, revise, and modify plans of care based on physiologic and psychosocial findings; review plans with the interdisciplinary team and discuss them with patients and families.
Order tests and consultations as required by the plan of care and review test results.
Develop, revise, and evaluate patient education programs based on identified risk factors and learning effectiveness.
Accurately document patient care in accordance with documentation standards, including age-appropriate health education and community resource use.
Evaluate documentation outcomes and contribute to performance improvement initiatives through medical record review.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and incorporate their expertise to achieve patient outcomes and continuity of care.
Precept students according to specified guidelines.
Identify, provide, develop, and maintain learning resources for the patient care team as requested.
Provide safe, holistic, systematic therapeutic care to help patients achieve desired outcomes.
Recognize trends in patient populations, explore alternatives to care, and assist with revising standards, guidelines, and protocols as needed.
Participate in clinical research and review current nursing research literature, applying findings to clinical practice.
Analyze practices that contribute to variance, identify resources for variance analysis, and assist in drawing conclusions from aggregate data.
Assist in developing and revising standards for patient populations using an interdisciplinary approach, best practices, and research findings.
Complete other assigned duties within specified time frames.
Participate in hospital committees and other quality improvement activities as requested by the manager.
May lead and direct the work of others within scope of practice.