Job Description
Job Summary
The Nurse Practitioner will work collaboratively on the delivery of resident care to meet individual needs within his/her level of competency. This role provides quality and safe resident care which helps to support and align resident needs.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate and liaise with the MD, DOC and interdisciplinary team in care delivery.
- Assess, diagnose, and evaluate acute and chronic illness and other changes in resident’s conditions, prescribe treatments, diagnostics and follow up care.
- Support and advocate for residents’ best interests while engaging with the resident / family / substitute decision maker (SDM) regarding Care.
- Participate in resident care conferences.
- Provide clinical leadership to the LTC team members centered around the resident care needs which can include resident move in/out, hospital discharge planning, palliative and end-of-life care, pain management, dementia care...