JOB DESCRIPTION

Looking to hire an experienced Nurse Practitioner to provide on-site care to long-term care patients. This full-time position requires a Nurse Practitioner who already holds an active Illinois APRN license, Illinois Controlled Substance Registration, and DEA.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Assuring delivery of quality care services to all patients in a respectful and professional manner.
Contributes to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed, providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations, recommending options and courses of action, implementing physician directives.
Assesses patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
Performs therapeutic procedures by providing treatments and prescribing medicine
Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens, giving normal growth and development information, providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living, promoting wellness and health maintenance.
Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, advising management on needed actions.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Health Promotion and Maintenance, Thoroughness, Clinical Skills, Informing Others, Medical Teamwork, Bedside Manner, Infection Control, Administering Medication, Pain Management, Self-Development.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience providing patient care as a Nurse Practitioner for at least two years.
Active Illinois APRN license
Active Illinois CSR (controlled substance registration)
DEA (Illinois Address listed)
Valid NPI # (National Provider Identifier)
Comfortable self-managing and working autonomously to diagnose and treat patients
Available Monday - Friday during business hours (8:00 am - 5:00 pm)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience providing patient care as a Nurse Practitioner in a long-term care setting
Credentialed with Medicare & Medicaid in Illinois
Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Bi-lingual

BENEFITS

$50.00 per hour with company-sponsored health, vision, and dental insurance

Adilstone Group

Nurse Practitioner - Resident Clinic, Long Term Care (Ref#029)

Application

Adilstone Group