Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Spine
Job Category: Center for Bone and Joint
Requisition Number: NURSE008642
Employment Type:
Locations
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Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411, USA
Description
Center for Bone & Joint Surgery of the Palm Beaches is a multi-location medical practice devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and diseases of the body's musculoskeletal system. Our locations feature a staff of highly trained orthopedic surgeons, each with a specific area of expertise. We offer a team approach to your care and provide a variety of services right on campus designed for your convenience and ensuring an outstanding continuum of care. These include on-site X-ray, on-site MRI, on-site physical therapy, and aquatic therapy.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assesses patient health status including state of wellness, compliance with care plan and determines appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
- Provides acute and chronic patient care including taking histories, doing physicals, monitoring therapies, giving injections and medications, suturing wounds.
- Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems.
- Responds to emergencies including the use of CPR.
- Documents patient information and care provided in patient record and maintains patient statistics.
- Educates patients and families as appropriate.
- Collaborates with physicians in managing the medical needs of patients.
- Participates in rounds at the hospital and responds to patient calls received after hours and on weekends.
- Consults with other staff as necessary.
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of acute and chronic protocols, administration of medications, delivering physical care following treatment plan.
- Knowledge of how to assess a patient with chronic medical conditions / understanding of pathophysiology regarding disease process.
- Knowledge of health promotion principles and techniques that can be used to educate patients which encourages them to participate in their care.
Skills:
- Insertion of intravenous catheters.
- Skill in analyzing, interpreting a medical record, and gathering and analyzing physiological, socioeconomic and emotional patient data.
- Skill in evaluating and revising patient care based on symptoms / objective assessment.
Abilities:
- Ability to make responsible decisions within the Registered Nurse scope of practice & clinic protocols.
- Ability to offer education materials about procedures they had done.
- Ensure patient safety at all times.
- Ability to have open communication with the providers.
- Ability to work collaboratively with all members of the health care team.
First call for patients during non-business hours, (on average 2 calls per week).
Conduct clinic 8-10 half days per week.
Almost exclusively clinic work, be willing to see an occasional inpatient if necessary.
No ER call.
Respond to all emails within 1 business day.
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