Nurse Practitioner - Student Health Center

Capital Health•Hopewell, VA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Capital Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join their Student Health Center. This role involves performing physical assessments, documenting patient care, obtaining nursing histories, and identifying patients at risk. The Nurse Practitioner will consult with the interdisciplinary team, perform necessary procedures, and develop and revise patient care plans based on assessment findings. They will also order and review tests, discuss care plans with patients and families, and provide safe, therapeutic care. The position requires documentation of all patient care activities, contribution to performance improvement initiatives, and demonstration of effective communication skills. The Nurse Practitioner will collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, serve as a change agent, coordinate patient care, and facilitate patient education. They will also act as a primary resource to the patient care team, lead quality improvement processes, recognize trends in patient populations, and assist in revising standards and guidelines. The role involves developing and revising patient education programs, participating in clinical research, recognizing behaviors that impact team function, and mentoring team members. The Nurse Practitioner will seek leadership opportunities, collaborate on educational plans, and demonstrate evidence of self-development through participation in educational programs and providing educational programs to staff.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing and Master's degree in advanced clinical practice or graduate of post Master's certificate program for nurse practitioner.
One-year experience working with primary care management or acute care preferred.
Advanced Practice Nurse – NJ License

Nice To Haves

One-year experience working with primary care management or acute care preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs physical assessment of patients to identify priority care needs.
Documents patient assessment and teaching and learning needs.
Obtains detailed nursing history and identifies patients at physiologic and psychological risk.
Consults with interdisciplinary team regarding patient assessment findings.
Performs procedures necessary to implement plan of care based on care standards and protocols.
Develops plan of care across the continuum and exercises discretion and judgement when revising based on physiologic and psychosocial findings.
Orders tests and consults as required by plan of care and reviews test results.
Reviews patient plan of care with interdisciplinary team.
Discusses plan with patient and family.
Provides safe therapeutic care in holistic and systematic way to facilitate patients achievement of desired outcomes.
Demonstrates the ability to review and evaluate the plan of care for effectiveness of desired outcomes.
Revises initial plans based on patient response to interventions.
Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards.
Evaluates outcomes of documentation and contributes to performance improvement initiatives through medical record review.
Demonstrates effective communication skills and assists in the resolution of conflict among health care team members, patients, and families.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and incorporates the expertise of the interdisciplinary team to achieve patient outcomes.
Serves as a change agent by implementing practice initiatives.
Coordinates patient care activities to maximize patient outcomes.
Facilitates the assessment of patients learning needs and outcomes measures of patient education, accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve patient outcomes.
Facilitates communication among departments to ensure continuity of care.
Acts as a primary resource to patient care team.
Identifies, provides, develops, and maintains learning resources for patient care team.
Leads a quality improvement process.
Recognizes trends in patient populations and explores alternatives to care and assist in the revision of standards, guidelines, and protocols.
Analyzes practices that contribute to variance, draws conclusions from aggregate data, identifies resources to assist in variance analysis, and assists with drawing conclusions from aggregate data.
Assists in the development and revision of standards for patient populations incorporating a interdisciplinary approach and utilizing best practices and research findings.
Develops and revises patient education programs and evaluates effectiveness of learning.
Participates in clinical research and reviews current nursing research literature and demonstrates application to clinical practice.
Recognizes behaviors that impact the team function and implements strategies to optimize teamwork and serves as a mentor for team members.
Seeks leadership opportunities and facilitates leadership development among colleagues.
Collaborates in the development and implementation of educational plan for identified needs.
Reviews self development plan and professional goals and seeks new knowledge toward the progression of professional goals.
Demonstrates evidence of self development by participating in educational programs.
Provides educational programs to advance performance levels of staff.