Nurse Practitioner - Workers Comp

Position Summary

Utilizes advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic skills to devise and implement patient management activities.

Fosters educational development of patients and families.

Provides health care consulting.

Demonstrates support of research.

Provides leadership in areas of clinical expertise.

Maintains and advances knowledge and skills in areas of specialization.

Participates in Quality Assessment and Improvement activities.

Responsibilities

Direct Patient Care in collaboration with Collaborating Physician(s). Assists with admission work-ups and/or consults to facilitate care. Initiates, monitors, alters and orders treatments including but not limited to device placement, physical and occupational therapy, home health referral, and discharge planning.

Documents physical findings and plan of care in the progress notes. Documents results of studies and plan of care based on study results in progress notes.

Patient/family communication and coordination of the plan of care with patients and families.

Facilitates interdisciplinary plan of care through coordination with physicians, nurses, and allied health practitioners, including the use of care paths and protocols.

Participates in benchmarking and quality improvement activities. Participates in Advanced Practice Council and departmental meetings.

Contributes to clinical research. Incorporates current research into practice. Participates in research projects and data collection as appropriate.

Facilitates and completes orders and discharge summaries for facility placement. Writes discharge orders to expedite early morning discharges.

Fulfills mandatory educational requirements annually, which include but not limited to JCAHO and other institutionally required education. BLS and ACLS or appropriate certification related to specialty.

Minimum Requirements

Board of Nursing approved Nurse Practitioner Program or Physician Assistant program.

NC RN licensure & NC Nurse Practitioner or as a Physician Assistant; National Board Certification as an NP/PA required.

More than 2 years experience in a health care setting.

May substitute NP/PA with no previous experience as NP/PA if they have clinical experience in an acute care setting with direct patient care for a minimal of 2 years.

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

Pay Range

• $101,649 - $148,159
• ECU Health

About ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.