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PHS Nurse Practitioner Role Description
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In this leadership position as a PHS nurse practitioner, you'll manage care for patients, see acute problems, manage chronic diseases, evaluate patients after a hospitalization, follow any skin integrity problems until resolved, analyze laboratory values (including Coumadin therapy with close monitoring of PT/INR and diabetic patients to achieve optimal glucose control), work with the pharmaceutical recommendations, consider dietary recommendations, and update history/physical assessments annually. Depending on each state’s regulations, you can make scheduled weekly or monthly rounds, often alternating with the facility’s medical director to assist in care for these patients.
You'll also serve as a vital communications link for keeping physicians, care facilities and families informed as to the patient's well-being.
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Role of the PHS Nurse Practitioner
Standing out, by attracting and retaining the best-qualified people.
Nurse practitioners at PHS play a key role in helping redefine how quality long-term healthcare is delivered to seniors. You're part nurse practitioner, part entrepreneur, part steward, part liaison. You are the face of our company, empowered to carry out our Clinical Mission and collaborate with long-term care facilities and physicians to ensure that the patients get the quality of care and attention they deserve.
Being a PHS nurse practitioner is a unique and rewarding life-changing opportunity that can truly make a difference for patients and their families-and your career. As part of our commitment to you, we'll assist in helping deliver this care through supportive efforts to expand your educational pursuits, practice development and clinical expertise.
We offer Life-Changing Career opportunities nationwide. For more information on specific career opportunities check out our job openings page. Or fill out an employment application. You can also e-mail us at [email hidden].
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