The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing nursing care services to residents/clients as assigned, making observations on an advanced level, forming nursing judgments, carrying out nursing actions based upon understanding of the scientific principles involved, reporting and recording observations appropriately and supervising staff.

Qualified candidates for this position offer:

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a Master’s Degree in Nursing and a nurse practitioner certification.
• Experience: Minimum of two years as an RN in a health care setting.
• Licensure: Current Ohio RN License and Nurse Practitioner in good standing.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Answer patient care calls from partnering AYD senior living facilities ranging from patient status changes, to medication changes, prescription refill requests, patient falls, sentinel events and urgent patient/family concerns
• Acts as consultant to facility clinical staff including on advising them when appropriate work up and report out is necessary to most effectively identify what is needed
• Documents all patient concerns in Athena, AYD EMR
• Differentiates between different types of facilities (SNF/AL/IL) & inquiring on various levels of scopes of practice within the facility to know which measures are appropriate to handle within facility or the need for send out to a higher level of care or more prompt evaluation, with the end goal being to treat the patient in place whenever appropriate. 
• Manages abnormal diagnostic testing & lab results & schedules lab follow ups when appropriate 
• Brief admission reviews: generic chart set up, reviewing medications & sending any scheduled medications to facility specific pharmacy when residents are sent without hard scripts
• Approves Release of Body orders on Non-hospice status patients, providing facility with correct collaborating physician info for Provider covering the facility ( Google spreadsheet available), ensuring family, funeral home & coroner have all been contacted by the facility & documenting Time of Death to assist collaborating physician in signing of death certificate. * if patient is hospice status, they will handle all above, but a notification call is usually given
• Consults for family members/IL residents who call looking for direction on medical decisions
• provides excellent customer service, prompt return phone calls, and assists facility staff/patients/families in after care needs
• Completed other functions such as chart reviews such as risk adjusting during times not responding to calls
• Other duties as needed

In return, National Church Residences offers an excellent total reward package that includes:

• Medical (both PPO & HDHP w/HSA) – National Church Residences pays, on average, 75-80% of all costs
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance and Flexible Spending accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
• Retirement Plan including pre-tax contribution with 100% match up to 5% of your pay 
• Reimbursement for Tuition expenses
• Employee Discounts including Tickets, Retail, etc.
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability coverage
• Accident, Hospital Indemnity & Critical Illness Insurance
• Wellbeing Programs including EAP, Tobacco Cessation, Weight-loss, and more

*Programs may vary depending on Full Time, Part Time or Contingent status

Want to know more? We can’t wait to tell you!  Apply today!  

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