Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Omaha (FT Days)

• RESPONSIBILITIES
• :•The nurse practitioner functions as an independent practitioner under the supervision of a physician.

• The nurse practitioner assists assigned medical staff using discretion and independent judgment with clinical duties to include history and physicals, ongoing clinical assessments, rehabilitation treatment planning, medical management, and discharge summaries.
• Administrative and management functions include participation in interdisciplinary team meetings and assigned program development committees.
• Completes initial history and physical within defined time parameters.
• On day of discharge, reviews patient's chart and dictates discharge summary to include brief summary of history, physical exam, diagnosis, treatment course, pertinent laboratory and radiology, discharge medications, condition on discharge and disposition of patient.
• Uses direct entry and/or EHR system for documentation of pertinent clinical data.
• Actively participates with interpretation, analysis, and program improvement initiatives utilizing program evaluation and quality assurance data.
• Evaluates laboratory and other clinical data and takes appropriate action for medical follow-up.
• Performs detailed complete history and physical examination to include health history and current reason for admission.
• Orders diagnostic tests.
• Completes assessment and recommendation of rehabilitation goal and plan.
• Evaluates and treats medical problems in accordance with established protocols, using discretion and consulting assigned physician to deal with issues outside the nurse practitioner's scope of practice
• Consults with physician in all emergencies and/or potentially life threatening conditions.
• Makes daily rounds of assigned patients.
• Writes orders for medications consistent with scope of practice, therapy orders, laboratory, radiology, or other medical follow-up.
• Provides care for patients on an outpatient basis as assigned.
• May participatein the staffing of anemployee clinic.
• Ability to access clinical information using Sunrise clinical system.

• QUALIFICATIONS

• :•Requires Master's Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing or university.

• Current Advanced Nurse Practitioner License from Nebraska.
• Must be CPR Certified, ACLS preferred.
• Two years of rehabilitation or medical nursing required.

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