Advanced Practice Nurse

Advanced Practice Nurse

The Nurse Practitioner will work one day per week seeing patients in-office at Roselle Park Medical Associates, with the potential for afternoon home visits as needed for established home-patients within the area. The remaining four days will be spent providing care in a sub-acute nursing home setting. The position includes on-call responsibilities every fifth week, covering after-hours of 5:00 PM to 9:00 AM, Monday through Friday, and all day on weekends.

Requirements

• APN License
• RN License
• NP Certification
• BLS and ACLS
• CDS and DEA

Schedule

• Full Time
• Days
• 1 day in the office and 4 days at external facilities

Essential Functions

• Rounds regularly at one to two subacute care facilities
• Performs transitional care visits for patients discharged from subacute/nursing home facilities
• Conducts home visits as part of ongoing patient care
• Preferred background or strong interest in palliative care
• Completes POLST (Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) forms
• Collaborates closely with physicians within the practice to coordinate and align patient care
• Performs comprehensive initial and episodic health assessments; in order to identify existing or potential health problems
• Initiates and implements an individualized nursing and medical plan of care in collaboration with members of interdisciplinary team
• Initiates appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic, medical and nursing actions in conjunction with physician
• Provides follow-up care including acute and routine examinations
• Assesses progress, identify problems, initiate preventive measures, recognize emergent problems, initiate proper care in collaboration with physician
• Monitors and adjusts patients medication according to protocol or medical plan of care
• Implements nutritional therapies, as appropriate
• Triages patient problem calls which requires medical attention
• Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures
• Recognizes normal and abnormal laboratory findings and the pathology involved
• Documents information in patients charts following documentation standards
• Provides health education to the patient and family (e.g., management of side effects, anticipatory teachings)
• Manages medical emergencies as indicated, and according to standing orders
• Provides monitoring and continuity of care between health care settings
• Provides patient and family counseling and reassurance in regard to psychological and or psychosocial issues
• Initiates proper referrals to private or community agencies
• Acts as a resource and teacher for other members of the health care team
• Shares knowledge and expertise with staff
• Collaborates with the nursing and medical staff at partner and affiliate sites to coordinate continuity of care
• Evaluates the quality of care as well as the quality of life for patients through assessment of patient response and recommend interventions, as indicated

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plans
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life & Accidental Death Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!

RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer