Advanced Practitioner Wound and Podiatry at Catholic Health Initiatives Nicholasville, KY

Advanced Practitioner Wound and Podiatry job at Catholic Health Initiatives. Nicholasville, KY.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join our Wound Care and Podiatry Clinic in Nicholasville, KY. This position is both inpatient and outpatient focused, but APPs can expect to be more outpatient‑oriented. The Advanced Practitioner will work closely with Dr. Joseph Skurka, a Podiatrist and Wound Care Physician who is well established in his practice.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assess patient conditions and document effectively to support charges and to communicate with other providers.
• Provide comprehensive patient assessment, including functional, mental, social and physical conditions.
• Establish accurate diagnosis.
• Seek consultation/supervision of physician as needed to confirm proper assessment.
• Appropriately involve patients and caregivers in treatment planning.
• Provide interface between clinic and other providers to assure timely, comprehensive services for patients.
• Independently develop and implement treatment plans and evaluate patient outcomes.
• Take responsibility for clearly communicating patient needs, care plans and problem resolution to physicians and other healthcare teams.
• Possess knowledge and skill to provide supervision to clinical staff as needed.
• Develop and maintain policy and procedure for patient care activities.
• Use process improvement skills to contribute to team development and program growth.

Essential Duties

• Understand, support, and implement the mission of the facility to deliver health care to those in need in the performance of all job responsibilities.
• Ensure that patient care meets or exceeds the facility quality standards.
• Ensure that patient satisfaction meets or exceeds standards set by the facility.
• Educate patients on both clinical and managed care.
• Participate in clinic and network task forces as requested and appropriate.
• Function as an effective clinic team member.
• Meet productivity standards.
• Effectively use clinic financial and other performance information.

Additional Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a commitment to service, organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times.
• Adhere to and exhibit our core values:
• • Reverence: Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.
  • Integrity: Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness.
  • Compassion: Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community.
  • Excellence: Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality.
• Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive data at all times.
• Adhere to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines.
• Work collaboratively and support efforts of team members.
• Demonstrate exceptional customer service and interact effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff and the broader health care community.

Job Requirements

• Candidate must be appropriately licensed as an NP/PA or be eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of KY.

Pay Range

$40.00 - $57.00 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.