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WI-Fond du Lac Regional Clinic Fox Lake

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Fond du lac Regional Clinic is a 110 physician multispecialty group serving east central Wisconsin as part of SSM Health is seeking a Family Medicine Advanced Practitioner to join its Fox Lake Clinic.

The Opportunity

• Clinic serving the greater Fond du Lac, Wisconsin region affiliated with SSM Health

• Supportive and tight knit team ready to welcome a new provider with open arms

• Outstanding provider engagement and retention rates

• Reasonable phone-only call rotation with after-hours nurse triage

• The practice employs the talents of a full complement of support staff

• EPIC EMR

SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac

Founded by Mother Agnes Hazotte and the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital treated its first patient in 1896. The 161-bed hospital has grown into both an inpatient and outpatient facility providing innovative community and regional health care services to the greater Fond du Lac area. As a nonprofit Catholic institution, SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital serves people of all faiths and beliefs. It is a leader in providing quality state-of-the-art health care services, whether it is cancer treatment, comprehensive heart care through the SSM Health Dale Michels Heart & Vascular Care, including angioplasty and open-heart surgery, home or hospice care, maternity services, laser surgery, sports medicine, behavioral health services, women’s health services, occupational health services, rehabilitation services, and 24-hour emergency care.

Job Summary:

In collaboration with physician colleagues, demonstrates and provides professional nursing care to patients requiring an advanced level of knowledge and management of their nursing care in both inpatient and ambulatory settings.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assesses patient of any age presenting for health care and obtains a personal medical history, appropriate physical examination with recording of the resulting information.

• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.

• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.

• Addresses and responds to patient and staff requests for information in a timely manner, prioritizing patient requests and urgent needs.

• Plans for patient care by making comprehensive clinical decisions based on advanced diagnostic skills and professional judgment, reviewing results of diagnostic tests and procedures, developing and implementing a treatment plan for the patient and/or family, and providing a wide range of interventions required to effect change.

• Problem solving skills demonstrated by making competent advanced clinical decisions, utilizing appropriate resources, consulting with physician, as appropriate, and involving management where necessary.

• Maintains effective methods of formal and informal communication with staff so that dissemination of information/administrative decisions are conveyed in a positive and supportive manner; motivates and supports staff to achieve department/contractual goals and operational benchmarks.

• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.

• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals. Facilitates referral of patients to other appropriate community healthcare facilities, agencies and resources.

• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.

• Recognizes and utilizes opportunities to act as a change agent by introducing nursing practice innovations.

• Evaluates nursing practices associated with specialty area, defines needs/problems with patient care and makes constructive suggestions that creates a positive patient outcome.

• Promotes positive health behaviors and self-care skills through education and/or counseling.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Completion of a formal post-basic education program from or formally affiliated with an accredited college, university or hospital (Before July 1, 1998) or a graduate degree from an accredited college or university (After July 1, 1998) with a concentration in the appropriate advanced practice nursing clinical specialty area.

• Board certification by a national recognized certifying board in the appropriate population focus

• Current or compact RN license in appropriate state

• Appropriate APRN license or document of recognition in appropriate state

EXPERIENCE

• One year nursing experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling and running.

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

7000080166 FM Fox Lake

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

32

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