Nurse Practitioner

In a clinical setting, the incumbent will provide diagnostic and therapeutic medical care and services under the direct supervision of a licensed physician. Typical duties will include:

· Caring for the acute and chronic medical conditions of adults with developmental disabilities - many of whom have behavioral problems and psychiatric illness in a residential setting

· Works with Psychiatrist to review his consultations of patients with treatment team. Provides psychiatric medication data for the behavior Support Plan (BSP) in a timely manner to be reviewed by the Behavior Management Committee (BMC)

· Provides counseling and education to individuals and works with family members as needed.

· Works with psychologists on informed consent determinations

· Participates on the Emergency Response Team

· Participates in Medical On-Call to provide 24/7 access to clinicians for the campus and for the community to a lesser extent

· Participation in committee work as needed

· Knowledge of BLS with AED resuscitation

· Ordering appropriate treatment regimens and maintaining monthly orders using the e-prescribing system and working with the contracted long term care pharmacy

· Performing annual medical assessments and physical exams on assigned individuals including the ordering and interpretation of routine, diagnostic tests as required

· Maintain medical records in an established format (problem-oriented) with progress notes accurately reflecting current medical issues and treatments

· Updating the supervising physician/Medical Director on acute problems or unresolved chronic issues affecting the health and well-being of the individuals served

· Initiate any outside consultations with sub-specialists as needed and work with these consultants to obtain needed tests and procedures; assist in the preparation of court documents when obtaining consent for invasive treatments

· Instruct unit personnel and individuals (where applicable) on specific treatment procedures. This will not include answering any questions about specific diagnoses or proposed treatments

· Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings as required – This involves presentation of patient cases and discussion of on-call.

· Maintaining a leadership role in applying the Sunmount policies that apply to medical issues, particularly the blood borne pathogen and infection control policies. This will include assisting the infection control/compliance officer in training and enforcing all aspects of the blood borne pathogen policy.

Minimum Qualifications: Any permanent Nurse Practitioner OR

On or before the date of filing your application, you must have a New York State License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse; and certification by the New York State Education Department in a specialty** area to practice as a Nurse Practitioner.

Requirement for prescribing medication: You must meet the current requirements as prescribed by the New York State Board of Nursing.

**Specialty area must coincide with the scope of practice performed by an incumbent; this denotes the appropriate parenthetic.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $136,897.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $136,897