Nurse Practitioner I
Company: Kolmac
Location: Fredericksburg
Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Job Description:
-Target start date of July 1, 2024 -Job Overview: - -The Nurse
Practitioner I at Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health and all its
subsidiaries ("Kolmac" or the "Company") under the general
supervision, responsible for diagnosing and treating patients in
collaboration with physician colleagues. Provide continuity of
patient care by facilitating and coordinating communication between
the health care team, patient, and patient's family. Coordinate
care to ensure quality, cost effective care; appropriate length of
stay; and patient safety. Serves as a link integrating relevant
research and best practices.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Clinical
ResponsibilitiesIn collaboration with the primary care physician,
provides day to day organizational and clinical direction and
leadership of the healthcare provider team.Performs comprehensive
history and physical assessment for patients admitted/scheduled to
-service/practice setting.Orders, obtains, and interprets
appropriate diagnostic tests.Establishes medical diagnoses based on
history, assessment, and diagnostic findings.Designs, orders, and
documents appropriate treatment plans/plans of care including
prescriptions of medications based on a comprehensive review of
health information and diagnostic results.Initiates
protocols/clinical pathways and evaluates the plan of care ensuring
timely intervention.Performs invasive procedures.Collaborates with
primary care providers regarding admission, discharge, and transfer
decisions.Presents patients in the caseload in rounds.Communicates
plan of care with appropriate providers including the collaborative
physician, the primary care provider, the referring provider, the
nursing staff, and the case manager.Communicates plan of care with
the patients and family members. Provides patient and family
instruction related to the plan of care, disease process, new
treatment plans, and medication regimens.Counsels and educates
patients and family members in disease process, health maintenance
and health promotion activities. Provides primary, secondary, and
tertiary preventive care services.Initiates appropriate referrals
and specialty consultations or other agency involvement as
needed.Facilitates patient flow. Collaborates with the
multidisciplinary team including case management ensuring
appropriate and timely discharge.Provides specialty
consultation.Advocates for patients ensuring patient/family
participation in care, knowledge of treatment options, and
understanding of patient rights.Considers the holistic needs of
patients and orchestrates resources (i.e. pain service, palliative
care)Performs other activities as needed.Education
ResponsibilitiesProvides formal and informal educational programs
for other members of the health care team consistent with
evidence-based practice standards.Participates in mentoring
activities. Precepts interns.Promotes understanding of disease
processes in area of specialty/program.Functions as a clinical
resource for other team members including but not limited to
interns, residents, fellows, nurses, and medical students.Provides
community education, health promotion, and outreach.Acts as a
community health resource.Clinical Leadership/OutcomesIs
responsible for coordinating adequate nurse practitioner coverage
on their service. Works with the physician and nurse practitioner
staff to assure this coverage.Works with primary care providers to
achieve service specific outcome targets for key metrics including
clinical outcomes, level of service, cost of care and patient
satisfaction.Participates in performance improvement activities
aimed at improving clinical outcomes and minimizing variation.In
collaboration with physician leadership and the entire leadership
team, develops clinical pathways.Participates in and leads quality
assurance activities (i.e., chart reviews, peer review) and
establishes standard of practice.Advances the patient care delivery
process through the application of research, evidence-based
practice standards, and industry best practices.Advises and
influences CCG policies and procedures to improve the delivery of
care.Introduces and evaluates new patient care delivery systems,
models of care and therapeutic and preventive interventions that
target patient needs not met by current care delivery
strategies.Actively participates and contributes to various
department and division meetings and organizational
initiatives.Maintains compliance and regulatory documentation for
administrative purposes and reimbursement for services.Participates
in accreditation readiness.Supervises ancillary staff including
completing annual reviews.Customer ServiceModels and upholds a
customer service focus to all internal and external
customers.Demonstrates respect for all people in the work
environment.Ensures confidentiality of patient
information.Professional Development and Organizational
Leadership
Qualifications - Education and Experience: - Must Haves:
Keywords: Kolmac, Dale City , Nurse Practitioner I, Healthcare , Fredericksburg, Virginia
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