Nurse Practitioner/Hospitalist

Nurse Practitioner/Hospitalist

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years experience as a Nurse Practitioner required
• Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program
• Active APRN License in the state of SC verified by the LLR
• BLS and ACLS Certification

Responsibilities

• Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers, in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values
• Practice evidence-based medicine and follow national quality measures for the delivery of patient care. Provide supportive documentation when clerical judgement or the situation necessitates a deviation from national measures
• Admit unassigned adult (age 16 or over) patients presenting through the Emergency Department
• Accept direct patient admits (age 16 or older) from Community physicians in accordance with the policies and directives of McLeod Health Cheraw
• Pre-op clearance for inpatient surgical cases
• Consultation on medical management with primary care providers and specialists as requested
• Consult services for specialists
• Evaluation of potential admissions upon request
• Effective management of resources such as ancillaries, medications, etc
• Participate in daily multi-disciplinary patient care conferences for utilization review and discharge planning. Communicate discharge plan to patient and family and staff on admission and throughout hospital stay
• Conduct individualized patient and family care conferences for patients with length of stay five (5) days or greater or for complex family and discharge planning discussions
• Length of stay management
• When rendering on-site professional Hospitalist services during a Day Shift, respond to resuscitation codes and be a member of the Rapid Response Team
• Maintain service standards for medical record documentation and completion
• Manage the care of patients in McLeod Health Cheraw Swing Bed Unit. Actively participate in the Swing Bed Patient Care Conference
• Assist in the evaluation and proved recommendations on equipment and supplies needed for inpatient care and treatment
• Prioritize and respond in a timely manner to requests for service in such a way as to provide a no-hassle referral and consultative service
• Perform a proper and high value evaluation and follow-up of patient problems requiring current hospitalization and/or follow-up
• Minimize marginal yield testing and therapy in patients through use of clinical skills appropriate for the particular place of the patient in his/her continuum of care
• Follow appropriate hospital developed protocols and internal quality improvement initiatives
• Make appropriate referrals and seek optimal communications concerning the care of the patient. When acting as primary provider of in-patient care, optimize the value of other consultant care and workups to the appropriate place in the continuum of care. This will not affect or influence the clinical decision-making of the physician but is included to explain communication standards
• Assist other colleagues to achieve the goals of the Ethics Statement of the Medical Staff
• Represent the ideals of the profession and tradition during daily activities with patients, families, staff and the public
• Recognize that an individual patient is always somewhere on a continuum of care and that each setting of care has the highest value for a patient with certain characteristics
• Work with individual patients and consults in concert with other Medical Staff members and McLeod Health Cheraw employees to place patients in appropriate value setting along the continuum of care
• Assist McLeod Health Cheraw Departments in system improvements and root cause solutions for improved delivery of patient care
• Communication of patient hand-off to the next phase of the continuum of care is of utmost importance and will be performed by the appropriate timely verbal and written documentation. Hand-off communication includes a physician-to-physician agreement of treatment plan including fulfillment of core measures requirements
• Appointed and keeps appointment as Active Member of the Medical Staff
• Subject to Bylaws, Rules, Regulations, and Procedures of the Medical Staff
• Prioritize and respond in a timely manner to requests for service in such a way as to provide a no-hassle referral and consultative service
• Perform a proper and high value evaluation and follow-up of patient specialty problems requiring current hospitalization, out-patient practice and/or follow-up
• Minimize marginal yield testing and therapy

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.