Nurse Practitioner
Company: WMC Health Network
Location: Suffern
Posted on: January 27, 2025
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Job Description:
The advanced practitioner demonstrates clinical expertise in the
delivery of patient care and consultations for patients with wounds
and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to provide the
patient with optimal care. The NP guides and promotes growth and
development of nursing practice through application of knowledge
and skills for healthcare providers, patients, and families. The NP
participates in Quality Assurance / Performance Improvement
activities. NP is responsible for clinical consultations, directing
wound/ostomy care, clinical teaching, staff
development.Responsibilities: - Demonstrates expertise and
knowledge related to skin integrity, wound care, and ostomy
management. - Demonstrates an ability to effectively perform
skin/wound assessments, pre-op and post-op ostomy care and develop
evidence-based plan of care. Provides appropriate hand-off and
feedback to team members, nursing leadership and staff. - Rounds
and consults on patients with wounds and ostomies. - Orders
appropriate interventions with nursing staff and other disciplines
to promote positive patient outcomes. - Coordinates with nursing
staff and other disciplines to ensure best outcomes for skin
integrity maintenance and wound and ostomy care. - Demonstrates
leadership and role modeling for staff and other disciplines in
care of patients at risk for skin breakdown, and those with wounds
and ostomies. - Participates in nursing and multi- disciplinary
committees, overseeing other activities such as NDNQIsurveys to
promote quality patient care. . - Develops a plan of care
consistent with the patients condition and documents in medical
records in accordance with established procedures and regulatory
requirements. - Provides information /guidance to facilitate care,
including patient, family/caregiver in the care, planning process
and follow-up care. - Evaluates and documents patients responses to
plan of care and collaborates with physician to guide plan of care.
- Collaborates with appropriate members of the interdisciplinary
team to coordinate care for patients. - Participates in discharge
planning in collaboration with other health care providers and
community resources to ensure full utilization of support services
which address patient needs. - Participates in Quality Assurance
activities to ensure provision of optimum care and follow-up for
patients. - Participates in continuing education programs and
in-service education to provide the most appropriate nursing care.
Completes continuing education programs on time. - Complies with
hospital policies and
procedures.Qualifications/Requirements:Experience:3-5 years related
experience in the clinical area of specialty
required.Education:Minimum of master's degree in nursing -from an
accredited nursing program required.Licenses / Certifications:1. NY
State Registered Nurse license required.2. NY State Nurse
Practitioner license required.3. WOCN (Wound Ostomy Continence
Nurse) / WON (Wound Ostomy Nurse) Certification or currently
enrolled in a WOCN or WON certification program accredited by WOCN
Society preferred.4. Current BLS certification
required.Other:Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse preferred.
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Keywords: WMC Health Network, Wayne , Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare , Suffern, New Jersey
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