Geriatrics Nurse Practitioner Needed in Greensboro, NC

Job description

Specialty: NP Geriatrics
Start Date: September 16th or as soon as credentialed.
Contract Length: Until Perm provider is identified.
Schedule: Monday – Friday 8a – 5p Call 1:3 Night call and 24 hour weekend call (can be done from home)
Work Details:
• Support staff: Nurses, LCSW, Case workers
• Amount of coverage needed per month: 80 hours per week. 1 due to provider leaving and one due to growth
• Patients per day: 1-6/7 (can fluctuate depending on severity of patients illnesses/meds etc and how much time they need to spend with them
• Patient population/age: 55 and older able to live safely in the community.
Key Responsibilities
• Performs comprehensive history and physical on new referrals.
• Performs interval history and physicals on established participants completed quarterly and as indicated.
• Evaluates and treats participants with episodic illnesses.
• Refers participants to medical specialists as indicated.
• Admits participants to the hospital.
• Provides primary care (attending) responsibilities for management
• Provides updates to the team on a regular basis.
• Judiciously utilizes specialty consultants.
• Responsible for coordinating discharge planning with the team.
• Manages all care of participants in the nursing home:
• Provides regular visits.
• Performs telephone contacts with nursing home staff as required.
• Admits nursing home participants to hospital when necessary.
• Actively participates in family conferences.
• Coordination of 24-hour care delivery.
• Documents participant changes appropriately in the medical record and communicates participant change to team members.
• Participates as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team. Takes part in participant care planning.
• Attends staff meetings.
Practice Setting:
• Clinic/Private Practice
Requirements:
• Board Certification: BC – will look at Non boarded but want reasoning for boards lapsing.
• License required: NC – due to time frame MUST be NC licensed. valid NC driver’s lice

• Full time or part time
• Travel and lodging included
• Malpractice insurance coverage