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 $133,638.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Standard shift:
Weekly schedule:
Work setting:
Work Location: In person