Post Acute Advanced Practice Provider part-time wound

MedOne is setting the standard for patient care. We are an independent, hospital medicine practice of more than 160 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, as well as more than 30 administrative staff, who are united by a single purpose—to make healthcare better. It’s been our mission from day one, and we are relentless in our pursuit to improve the delivery of high-quality care for our patients and our partners.

We are seeking a Wound Certified Advanced Practice Practitioner for our Post-Acute team in Columbus who is responsible for managing wounds and coordinating wound care for the patient in the post-acute care setting.

Status: part-time 20 hours per week

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited physician assistant or acute care nurse practitioner program
• Current national certification as physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
• Eligible for hospital privileges

Responsibilities

• Evaluates new and existing patients by performing a history and physical and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic studies for complex wound patients on the MedOne Service.
• Works in collaboration (nurse practitioners) with a physician in developing treatment plans for wounds and follow-up.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and laboratory tests related to the patient’s needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic medications in accordance with prescriptive authority regulations. Prescribes appropriate non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions and communicates to the collaborating/supervising physician as needed.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals and consultations.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings such as admitting, transferring and discharging patients.
• Communicates treatment plan between patient, family and the medical team.
• Maintains patient and family confidentiality, privacy and patient rights.
• Documents in the patient record as appropriate according to MedOne and institution guidelines.
• Adheres to credentialing and privileging process in order to maintain clinical privileges.
• Bills or logs encounters as directed.
• Acts as a role model and resource to other advance practice clinicians and nursing staff.