Advanced Practice Provider - Psychiatry PHP/IOP

Company: Nurse.com
Location: Columbus
Posted on: September 20, 2023

Job Description:

Scope of PositionThe Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is responsible for providing health care services to patients within the parameters of a standard care agreement or supervisory organization with an attending physician member of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Collaborates with a physician(s) and other clinicians in providing a full scope of patient care. The focus is on preventive health or the management of acute and/or stable chronic conditions. Performs medical services that have been specifically authorized and directed by the credentialing body and the certifying organization through which they hold licensure.Position SummaryThe APP provides health care services to patients working in collaboration with a licensed physician member of the medical staff. Healthcare services provided include care during acute and chronic phases of illness, education, and counseling of individuals and families, health promotion and prevention, and referral to other healthcare providers and community resources when appropriateJob Description
The Advanced Practice Provider (APP), in collaboration with the physician, coordinates the care of psychiatric patients from admission through discharge. The APP is responsible to monitor the patients status and collects data to evaluate and improve care by providing a comprehensive psychiatric assessment, implementing the appropriate treatment and evaluating the patients progress. The APP implements patient care within the guidelines and parameters specified in the standard care arrangement, maintaining awareness of state and national health care trends. In addition, the full time APP is responsible for providing education to the direct care staff on the healthcare needs of psychiatric patients within the division of PHP/IOP.Minimum Qualifications:Current certificate of authority to practice as an APRN in the State of OhioGraduate of a Nurse Practitioner program that qualifies the graduate to sit for the certification examination of a national certifying organization recognized by the Ohio Board of NursingMasters Degree in NursingORMasters Prepared; Graduate of a PA-C program that qualifies the graduate to sit for the certification examination recognized by the National Certification Commission for Physician Assistant (NCCPA).Eligibility for State of Ohio licensure as a PA-CMust have three years of experience as an Advanced Practice Provider

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