APP -Nurse Practitioner | Eating Disorders and Weight Management Clinic

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

39d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides service to patients in designated care settings, including: acute, short and long-term care, by assisting physicians, assessing patients, and treating injuries and ailments. The Provider will have the opportunity to work with a comprehensive team taking care of eating disorder patients along with patients looking for help with weight loss. This is a clinic-only position. New Grads will be considered. The role is ideally .9 FTE but other options would be considered. The position duties are similar to Family Medicine, seeing both kids and adults for eating disorders and weight management. The team includes Physicians (Psychiatrist), Psychologists, APP's, Health Coaches (for weight loss patients with support groups), Case Managers (for eating disorder patients), and Dieticians (to support both eating and weight loss patients). Ideally comfortable seeing patients down to age 10 for eating disorders and maybe 12 for weight loss patients. The team works closely with the bariatric department and has psychology support for weight loss patients.

Requirements

Completion of a master’s, postmaster’s, or doctorate from an nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.
Licensing prior to August 1, 1995, master's degree in nursing is preferred.
Nurse Practitioner only position who have had clinical education such as Family Medicine as they will do the medical evaluations on patients.
Demonstrated current competence and provision of care, treatment, or services for an adequate volume of patients in the past twelve months, or completion of master’s/post-master’s degree program in the past twelve months.
Experience must correlate to the privileges requested.
Current licensure by the applicable state board of nursing for advanced practice.
Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe controlled substances.
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (NP-C) or (FNP-BC).
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
Privileging documents and related credentialing requirements will supersede this job description in defining minimum qualifications, criteria, and scope of practice, if variation between documents exists.

Nice To Haves

Ideally comfortable seeing down to age 10 for eating disorders and maybe 12 for weight loss patients.

Responsibilities

Provides service to patients in acute, short and long term care settings by assisting physicians, assessing patients, and treating injuries and ailments.
Obtains a thorough medical history from patient and dependent on patient population and setting will perform an examination and/or assessment to determine patient's needs.
With other healthcare professionals, analyze and interpret information collected from patient, medical records, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information, to develop and establish appropriate diagnosis.
Acknowledges and demonstrates the importance of care coordination and navigation by rounding on patients when necessary.
Works in collaboration with providers and independently to provide care.
Formulates a plan for treatment of the patient and prescribes medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized if necessary, in order to aid recovery and manage pain.
Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses in a timely manner.
Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.
Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
Counsels' patients and family members about self-management on prevention and treatment plan for health issues, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.
May cover hospital consultations, rounding, and assist with patient procedures as needed.
Conducts research into area of specialty and uses findings to provide measurable improvements in patient care and clinical outcomes.
Incorporates evidence based practice guidelines into care.
Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for advanced practice provider practices, including reimbursement of services.
Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources, as applicable.
Demonstrate extensive advanced knowledge of medical principles, practices and techniques.