[Hiring] APP - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant | Virtual Care @Sanford Health

Role Description

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides service to patients in designated care settings, including acute, short and long-term care, by assisting physicians, assessing patients, and treating injuries and ailments.

• Provides service to patients in acute, short and long-term care settings
• Obtains a thorough medical history from patients
• Performs examinations and assessments to determine patients' needs
• Analyzes and interprets information collected from patients, medical records, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses
• Acknowledges and demonstrates the importance of care coordination and navigation by rounding on patients when necessary
• Works in collaboration with providers and independently to provide care
• Formulates treatment plans and prescribes medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost
• Maintains complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses in a timely manner
• Consults with or refers patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise
• Provides patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability
• Counsels patients and family members about self-management on prevention and treatment plans for health issues
• May cover hospital consultations, rounding, and assist with patient procedures as needed
• Conducts research into areas of specialty and uses findings to provide measurable improvements in patient care and clinical outcomes
• Incorporates evidence-based practice guidelines into care
• Maintains current knowledge of state legal regulations for advanced practice provider practices
• Keeps abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources
• Demonstrates extensive advanced knowledge of medical principles, practices, and techniques

Qualifications

• Completion of a master’s, postmaster’s, or doctorate from a nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
• Licensing prior to August 1, 1995, master's degree in nursing is preferred
• Demonstrated current competence and provision of care, treatment, or services for an adequate volume of patients in the past twelve months, or completion of master’s/post-master’s degree program in the past twelve months
• Current licensure by the applicable state board of nursing for advanced practice
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe controlled substances
• Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (NP-C) or (FNP-BC)
• Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications

Requirements

• Privileging documents and related credentialing requirements will supersede this job description in defining minimum qualifications, criteria, and scope of practice, if variation between documents exists

Company Description

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.