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Nurse Practitioner 2024-03078
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Great pay and benefits, a team environment, and an opportunity to lead!
This position provides clinical evaluations and treatment for residents of the Wyoming Life Resource Center in Lander.
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Human Resource Contact: Tammy / 307-335-6784 / tammalee.keysaw1@wyo.gov
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.
- Manage health problems and coordinate health care for residents in accordance with state and federal rules and regulations and nursing standards of care.
- Provide complete histories and physical exams on residents, review and record pertinent data, complete the appropriate diagnostic work-up and procedures, and recommend or provide appropriate treatment.
- Implement interventions to support residents to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role. Monitor the effectiveness of interventions.
- Facilitate the resident's transition within and between healthcare settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharge.
- Order necessary external diagnostic procedures.
- Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
- Instruct and counsel staff and families regarding resident diets, disease, therapy, and progress and provide educational tools.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members.
- Document resident information and treatment in accordance with facility policies, procedures, and governing regulations.
- Provide emergency evaluation and treatment when needed.
- Participate in on-call rotation outside of traditional hours and respond to, examine, and treat residents with medical conditions.
- Engage in continuous education to remain abreast of technological, methodological, and other developments in the field.
Requirements
PREFERENCES/**AGENCY REQUIREMENTS:
Preference may be given to applicants with psychiatry specialty training and experience.
**The position requires a Wyoming State Board of Nursing Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license (APRN) with prescriptive authority and Wyoming State Board of Pharmacy certification.
KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of medicine and/or nursing including pediatric, obstetrical, gynecological, surgical, and /or emergency outpatient medical care.
- Knowledge of prescription and non-prescription medications.
- Knowledge of diagnostic laboratory and radiological tests.
- Knowledge of quality assurance methods and techniques.
- Knowledge of Public Health initiatives and outcomes.
- Knowledge of evidence-based medicine.
- Knowledge of current state and federal regulations related to profession and governing regulations for an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF).
- Skills in computer usage, and use of electronic health records.
- Ability to work with and around WLRC residents, including those who may display challenging behaviors.
- Ability to maintain current provider cards in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
- Skills in written and oral communication, including the ability to communicate effectively and positively with residents, staff, families, guardians, and the public.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
As required by Licensing Board
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Must be licensed or eligible for licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner by the Wyoming Board of Nursing.
Qualifications
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Ability to bend, lift, twist, pull, push, etc. as would be expected to provide patient care and treatment in clinic and hospital settings.
- Ability to work directly with residents who display aggressive and challenging behaviors.
NOTES:
- FLSA: Exempt
- This is an At-will position.
- The Wyoming Life Resource Center participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.
- A background check, including the taking of fingerprints, will be completed through the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation, Department of Family Services, and the F.B.I. for every successful applicant.
- Pre-employment drug and alcohol testing will be conducted on safety-sensitive positions. Drug testing will be conducted on any position if reasonable suspicion exists.
- The Wyoming Department of Health offers an excellent benefits package, including medical/dental/vision/life insurance, paid vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, a state retirement plan, a deferred compensation program, and longevity pay.
048-Department of Health - Behavioral Health Division - Wyoming Life Resource Center
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The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.
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