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Job description
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.
nAdv Practice Nurse - 1
nJob Description:
nJob Summary: Provides direct patient care relative to physical diagnosis and therapeutic management independently, using physician consultation where appropriate.
nDepartment Specific Job Responsibilities:
nThe Geriatric Nurse Practitioner provides care in one or a combination of the following settings: subacute rehabilitation, long-term care, assisted livings, rest homes and home care environment.
nEssential Responsibilities:
nAssessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for a panel of patients. Evaluates individual health care status of patients, including eliciting a patient history, performance of physical examination, ordering of screening and diagnostic tests, risk assessment and interprets this information to establish a diagnosis.
nDevelops and implements a plan of care, including treatments, medications and the like within defined guidelines for practice. Provides care to the patient in a manner that incorporates the principles of patient satisfaction and delivery of cost effective care. Participates in the development and evaluation of practice guidelines.
nMonitors the individual's response to therapy and revises the plan, as indicated, with particular attention to education and counseling and encouragement of self-care. Provides ongoing individualized patient orientation to APG/BIDCO. Seeks consultation from the consulting physician and other members of the healthcare team. Makes appropriate referrals as indicated by patient needs.
nCollaborates with colleagues in APG/BIDHC/BIDCO and community to develop an effective patient care program. Maximizes available resources and incorporates multidisciplinary services into program design and implementation. Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient care and/or related systems.
nIdentifies learning needs of patients and staff and collaborates with other leaders to determine priorities for educational programs. Participates in interdisciplinary education programs of the practice and provides clinical precepting for nursing students, nurse practitioner students, medical students and others. Provides leadership that supports APG, BIDHC practice policies and goals.
nRequired Qualifications:
nMaster's degree in Nursing required.
nLicense Nursing License required., and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
n1-3 years related work experience required.
nValid prescriptive authority from both the MA DPH-DCP and Federal DEA
nMA Board authorization to practice as an APRN NRSG
nAmerican Heart Association-Basic Life Support Certificate
nExperience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.
nPreferred Qualifications:
nGeriatric care graduate nursing education.
nNurse Practitioner experience with part of that time dealing with geriatric patients.
nCompetencies:
nDecision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
nProblem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.
nIndependence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
nWritten Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
nOral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
nKnowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
nTeam Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have implications for the management and operations of multiple areas of the organization.
nCustomer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.
nAge based Competencies:
nEmployees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal:Birth to 6 months, Youth: 6 months to 16 years, Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.
nPhysical Nature of the Job:
nMedium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.
nPay Range:
n$54.70 - $70.48
nThe pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
nAs a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
nMore than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
nEqual Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Worksite address
milton, MA, 02186, US
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