NURSE PRACTITIONER 2 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
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Location: Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Description:
Overview
The Nurse Practitioner 2 will diagnose problems, ordering tests, treating illnesses and injuries, and creating post-emergency treatment plans. They will be able to perform minor surgical procedures as needed.
Responsibilities
Education and Experience
Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Graduate of an accredited masters of nursing program.
Meets the requirements determined by the State of Wisconsin or Illinois to perform duties defined as those of a Nurse Practitioner.
Must have minimum of 1 year APRN Emergency Room experience
Certification/Licensure
Hold valid RN license in state of practice.
Hold valid APNP license in state of practice.
Approved CPR or BLS certification within 90 days.
Special Physicial Demands
The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, taste, and smell. This position frequently requires close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The position occasionally requires distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision. The position requires the employee to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and up to 25 pounds of force frequently.
The Nurse Practitioner 2 will diagnose problems, ordering tests, treating illnesses and injuries, and creating post-emergency treatment plans. They will be able to perform minor surgical procedures as needed.
Responsibilities
- Examines patient, performs comprehensive physical examination, and compiles patient medical data, including health history and results of physical examination.
- Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests, and interprets test results for deviations from normal.
- Performs therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunization, suturing and wound care, and managing infection.
- Provides care for simple fractures, sprains, and strains to stabilize and restore musculoskeletal function.
- Develops and implements patient management plans, records progress notes, and assists in provision of continuity of care.
- Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
- Oriented and requested to cover the care of and management of Emergency Department patients with an ESI level of 2 through 5.
Education and Experience
Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Graduate of an accredited masters of nursing program.
Meets the requirements determined by the State of Wisconsin or Illinois to perform duties defined as those of a Nurse Practitioner.
Must have minimum of 1 year APRN Emergency Room experience
Certification/Licensure
Hold valid RN license in state of practice.
Hold valid APNP license in state of practice.
Approved CPR or BLS certification within 90 days.
Special Physicial Demands
The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, taste, and smell. This position frequently requires close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The position occasionally requires distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision. The position requires the employee to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and up to 25 pounds of force frequently.