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Job Highlights:

Advanced Practitioner- Internal Medicine- South Madison Campus

This flexible full time (.8-1.0 fte) Internal Medicine advanced practitioner opportunity located at our new state-of-the-art South Madison Campus clinic offers the opportunity to join our team of Internists & 4 Advanced Practitioners

We utilize a care team approach to optimize patient care. In addition to Physicians & Advanced Practitioners, care teams at the South Madison Campus clinic consist of nurses & medical assistants as well as a Certified Diabetic Educator, Pharmacist, and Social Worker.

Opportunity Highlights:

• Mission-based organization with a collegial & collaborative team, a fully supportive work environment, and superior clinical quality outcomes
• New state-of-the-art multi-specialty clinic setting with excellent access to in-clinic specialists
• Outpatient-based practice with no call responsibilities
• .8 to 1.0 fte option
• Epic EMR
• Best-in-class onboarding process

The Community:

Home to the State Capital, Madison is consistently ranked among the most livable cities in America. With its unique placement surrounded by a pair of lakes, recognition as one of the greenest cities, as well as a hub for technology innovation, Madison is a vibrant community. While ranked #5 in Livability's List of Best Food Cities, Madison has a collection of renowned restaurants, weekly Farmer's Markets on the capital square, and major annual events for all individuals to enjoy.

Madison has a wide range of sports, including the UW Badgers athletic programs, professional soccer team, summer collegiate baseball team, and an amateur hockey team. With five area lakes, public parks, beaches, & marinas, Madison satisfies outdoor enthusiasts with year-round activities from hiking, biking, swimming, and sailing to skiing & ice fishing.

Conveniently located just two hours from Chicago, three and a half hours from Minneapolis, & one hour from Milwaukee, Madison provides easy access to all the amenities these great cities have to offer.

For more information, contact:

Gina Haldiman - Recruiter, Physicians & Advanced Practitioners

Phone 608-250-1156

gina.haldiman@ssmhealth.com

www.joinssmhealth.com

All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Summary:

In collaboration with physician colleagues, demonstrates and provides professional nursing care to patients requiring an advanced level of knowledge and management of their nursing care in both inpatient and ambulatory settings.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assesses patient of any age presenting for health care and obtains a personal medical history, appropriate physical examination with recording of the resulting information.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
• Addresses and responds to patient and staff requests for information in a timely manner, prioritizing patient requests and urgent needs.
• Plans for patient care by making comprehensive clinical decisions based on advanced diagnostic skills and professional judgment, reviewing results of diagnostic tests and procedures, developing and implementing a treatment plan for the patient and/or family, and providing a wide range of interventions required to effect change.
• Problem solving skills demonstrated by making competent advanced clinical decisions, utilizing appropriate resources, consulting with physician, as appropriate, and involving management where necessary.
• Maintains effective methods of formal and informal communication with staff so that dissemination of information/administrative decisions are conveyed in a positive and supportive manner; motivates and supports staff to achieve department/contractual goals and operational benchmarks.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals. Facilitates referral of patients to other appropriate community healthcare facilities, agencies and resources.
• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
• Recognizes and utilizes opportunities to act as a change agent by introducing nursing practice innovations.
• Evaluates nursing practices associated with specialty area, defines needs/problems with patient care and makes constructive suggestions that creates a positive patient outcome.
• Promotes positive health behaviors and self-care skills through education and/or counseling.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Completion of a formal post-basic education program from or formally affiliated with an accredited college, university or hospital (Before July 1, 1998) or a graduate degree from an accredited college or university (After July 1, 1998) with a concentration in the appropriate advanced practice nursing clinical specialty area.
• Board certification by a national recognized certifying board in the appropriate population focus
• Current or compact RN license in appropriate state
• Appropriate APRN license or document of recognition in appropriate state

EXPERIENCE

• One year nursing experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Licenses / Certifications:

Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber (APNP) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN), APN Controlled Substance - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Full Practice Authority APRN Control Substance - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Full Practice Authority APRN - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Nurse Practitioner - Missouri Division of Professional Registration, Registered Nurse Practitioner - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)Employee7061010164 SMC IM40

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