Advanced Practice Provider: Nephrology

Advanced Practice Provider: Nephrology

Requirements

• Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) – South Dakota Board of Nursing or Physician Assistant (PA) – South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
• Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) – Wyoming State Board of Nursing or Physician Assistant (PA) – Wyoming Board of Medicine
• Light work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Responsibilities

• Blended inpatient/outpatient practice; spends more than 20% in both the outpatient and inpatient setting.
• Acts as an agent of the supervising physician for any medical services that are delegated that are within the Advanced Practice Clinician’s scope of practice.
• Assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients’ Healthcare problems/needs. Apply clinical interventions, evaluate outcomes, and implement changes to the plan of care. Anticipates and communicates changes in patient status to meet the needs of the patient.
• May share in practice call requirements.
• May perform procedures in the practice. No operating room or first assist requirement.
• Completes thorough, timely documentation in accordance with facility policy.
• Complies with scope of care under the guidance of federal, state, and/or local regulatory agencies.
• Complies with scope of care under the guidance of the supervising physician and/or protocols.
• Consistently demonstrates appropriate referral and/or transfer of patients to another facility.
• Demonstrates a thorough and current knowledge of disease processes while conducting a comprehensive health history and physical examination or problem-focused assessment depending on patient’s status.
• Demonstrates appropriate referrals and/or provides referral information to the patients and physicians.
• Orders appropriate tests, procedures, and therapies in collaboration with medical staff based on relevant organizational and unit-specific policies and procedures.
• Performs and documents ongoing patient assessment and formulates plan of care in collaboration with other medical providers.
• Recognizes physical, developmental, and psychosocial distress of patient and family, and provides appropriate interventions.
• Responds appropriately to emergency situations, basing patient management decisions on individual patient needs.
• All other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of Clinical Experience
• 1+ years of Healthcare Experience

Benefits

No information provided on Benefits.