Nurse Practitioner (DOM Gastroenterology)
Core
Provide comprehensive, age-appropriate care to well and/or ill patients, educate patients, and intervene in acute or chronic illness within a multidisciplinary health team.
Role type
Nurse Practitioner (Gastroenterology)
Builds
Patient care plans and clinical interventions for complex patients
Domain
Healthcare / Gastroenterology
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Advanced clinical assessment, evidence-based care delivery, patient education, care coordination, triage, lab result analysis, quality improvement project participation
Preferred skills
Current Maryland RN licensure, Current Maryland NP certification
Technologies
Electronic advice request systems
Responsibilities
Identify acute and/or chronic health problems through comprehensive assessment, Provide evidence-based care and patient education for self-care chronic disease management, Coordinate and make decisions regarding patient care within scope of authority, Triage phone calls and electronic advice requests from patients, Assess lab results and implement intervention in consultation with primary providers, Participate in quality improvement/patient safety projects, Coordinate care for a group of primary complex patients to achieve clinical and organizational outcomes
Seniority
Mid-level clinical practitioner