Staff Hospitalist - Shenandoah, IA, United States - Shenandoah Medical Center

Description

Utilizes advanced nursing processes for the performance of patient care to assess, plan, intervene, implement, and evaluate patient care to achieve prioritized patient outcomes.

Perform initial assessment and ongoing needs assessment of the patient and family to identify health risks and needs.

Provide primary, secondary, and tertiary health care to individuals, families, and groups emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, early detection, management of health problems, acute and chronic illness, and response to acute and chronic illness.

Formulate differential diagnosis(es) and develops a comprehensive, multidisciplinary plan of care.
Prescribe interventions and perform therapeutic measures to ensure the appropriate individualized plan of care is implemented.
Modify the plan of care, in collaboration with other healthcare team members, to achieve the desired outcomes.

Participate in health education of patients, families, communities, health care providers and students, through identification of learning needs and/or provision of formal and informal learning.

Evaluate the processes and outcomes of patient care through participation in quality improvement efforts to enhance the delivery of excellent, cost effective healthcare.

Evaluate cost and quality outcomes of the care provided.
Utilize the outcome data to enhance the delivery of quality, cost effective health care.
Provide informal educational opportunities for health care team members .
Formulate short and long term goals based on self-assessment of strengths and areas for improvement.

Engage in professional activities such as attending professional educational conferences, writing articles for publication, participating in professional organizations and/or participating in research process.

Follow policy/procedures/regulatory requirements and perform other work assignments.
~ Comply with all departmental and organizational policies and procedures in addition to regulatory requirements (such as OSHA, CMS, Joint Commission, etc.) and participate in corporate/departmental safety and quality activities.

Collaborate with Medical Staff, management and other healthcare providers to coordinate appropriate patient care.
Follow emergency policies, procedures and protocols in an effective manner.
Document accurate and ongoing assessment of patient status that reflect interventions, patient responses, patient teaching and status of outcomes.

Communicate and collaborate effectively with other health team members regarding patient condition, plan of care, patient satisfaction needs and recommendations for meeting identified outcomes.