Advanced Practice Provider - Intensivist - Full Time - Nights

**Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?** At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in. **Job Summary:** Location: Nebraska Methodist Hospital ICU Address: 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha. Work Schedule: 12 hour nigh shifts. Rotating weekdays/weekends/holidays. Provides primary health care for patients. **Responsibilities:** **Essential Functions** Provides primary health care for patients by utilizing the process of assessment and diagnosis of health status, development and implementation of treatment plans and follow-up and evaluation plans of patient outcomes. - Obtains patient's medical and history information, data collection is prioritized according to immediate condition or needs. - Determines patient's mental status. - Collaborates with physicians and other disciplines as appropriate and provides regular and consistent feedback. - Uses new or additional data to form a treatment plan. - Incorporates research into clinical practice as appropriate. - Performs advanced assessments on complex patients and develops specific interventions to prevent iatrogenic complications. Provides patient and family education regarding proper use of medication and health/illness prevention to ensure adequate knowledge/awareness by interviewing and advising specifically to patient needs and recommending appropriate community resources. - Demonstrates sensitivity to family regarding need for patient information on a timely basis. - Works collaboratively with physicians and other team members to provide appropriate patient education geared to the patient's needs and family's ability to provide care. - Uses adult learning principles for teaching purposes being careful to check for understanding and being available for follow-up questions. - Recommends references and resources such as printed materials, online, community and other information sources to fulfill the family's need for education. Prepares prescription orders/inquiries/renewals to facilitate patient care by writing orders for drugs and controlled substances and relaying information to pharmacy. - Implement interventions consistent with the established plan of care in a safe and appropriate manner. - Apply established therapeutic practices to patient's problem. - Prescribe medications according to Controlled Substance Registration Certificate issued by the DEA. - Generates referrals to appropriate services as needed to further diagnose and/or progress of care. Administers medication and immunizations to ensure patient health by injection, inhalation or oral methods. Perform patient consultations/physical exams to determine the assigned patient's needs independently and under physician direction. Includes obtaining patient medical history, checking vital signs, performing tests relevant to patient condition and recording findings. - Obtain patient's medical and psychosocial history; perform physical exam and determine patient's mental status. - Collaborate with physicians and other clinical disciplines as appropriate. Provide teaching and patient education specific to the patient's health care problem. - Order appropriate ancillary tests. Develops preliminary diagnosis to prescribe diagnostic and therapeutic procedures by ordering appropriate laboratory tests, interpreting data, and utilizing principles of prevention. - Uses appropriate ass…