Job Description
Job Description
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\n\n The Nurse Practitioner performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines and instructions of physician.\n
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\n SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES\n
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- Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition.
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- Discusses case with physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan.
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- Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment.
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- Monitors and maintains progress of patients and reports progress to supervising physician.
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- Has the ability to work collaboratively with hospice employees and volunteers as part of an IDT.
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- Qualified candidates must have a minimum of (2) years experience in hospice, home health or community health in the past five (5) years.
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- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to assist in lifting and transferring patients as required.
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- Lift objects in excess of 20 pounds.
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- Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
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- The employee will be required to stand or walk in excess of one hour per day, talk, hear, sit, stoop, kneel and crouch as needed.
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- Requires completion of accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
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- State licensure is also required.
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\n SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES\n
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- EOE/AA M/F/D/V
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Walnut Creek, CA |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1978 |
| Website | https://www.vitas.com/ |
About Company
VITAS Healthcare®, a pioneer and leader in the hospice movement since 1978, is the nation’s largest provider of end-of-life care. Our name is derived from the Latin word for “lives” and symbolizes the VITAS mission: to preserve the quality of life for those who have a limited time to live.
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, VITAS operates hospice programs in 15 states and the District of Columbia. VITAS has enjoyed dynamic growth since its founding as a volunteer organization by a United Methodist minister and an oncology nurse. Today, VITAS employs 11,773 professionals who care for terminally ill patients daily-primarily in the patients’ homes, and also in the company’s inpatient hospice units as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living communities/residential care facilities. VITAS team members include registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, home health aides, physicians, social workers, chaplains and other caregiving professionals.
Skills
- Community Healthunmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- Home Careunmatched
- Hospice Careunmatched
- Nurse Practitionerunmatched
- Nursing Credentialsunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Prescription Drugsunmatched
- Preventive Medicineunmatched
- Progress Reportsunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
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