Post-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in Dover, Delaware
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician Assistant
Specialty
Hospitalist
Degree Required
MPAS/MHS/MMSc/MPH
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Dover, Delaware, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
4/02/24
Are you looking to take back control of your work/life balance? Are you passionate about patient care? TeamHealth has the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for a full-time nurse practitioner (NP) for primary care rounding in a skilled nursing facility in Dover, Delaware.
This full-time role supports a great work/life balance with the ability to set up your own schedule. When you join TeamHealth, you will enjoy autonomy over your practice, a generous compensation and benefits package, and the opportunity to build a position that matches your ideal lifestyle and career goals.
Key Responsibilities:
This full-time role supports a great work/life balance with the ability to set up your own schedule. When you join TeamHealth, you will enjoy autonomy over your practice, a generous compensation and benefits package, and the opportunity to build a position that matches your ideal lifestyle and career goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform primary care in a post-acute setting for short term and long-term patients
- Manage chronic disease, diagnosis illness and medical conditions, and implement plan of care
- Order and interpret lab results
- Prescribe and monitor medications
- Consult with physicians and coordinate patient care with other healthcare practitioners
- Educate patients and their caregivers on coping skills to handle chronic and age-related conditions
- Build relationships with your patients, patients? family members, and facility staff to facilitate effective treatment delivery
- Promote healthy lifestyle changes
- Critical Thinking skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with the healthcare team
- Strong work ethic
- Adaptability and flexibility to address the fluctuations that occur during the aging process and with chronic illness