Nurse Practitioners Neurology
Company: Mercyhealth
Location: Rockford
Posted on: April 22, 2024
Job Description:
Mercyhealth, an award-winning fully integrated health care
delivery organization based in Wisconsin and Illinois, is seeking
two Nurse Practitioners to join our Neurology team at our
state-of-the-art facility, Javon Bea Hospital-Comprehensive Stroke
Center in Rockford, IL.Mercyhealth's Mission - "Exceptional health
care services with a passion for making lives better." Touching
lives invigorates, inspires and drives us to do our very best, and
we continuously look for ways to make each life better with the
utmost care and professionalismOpportunity:
- Provide quality health care services to patients in the clinic
and hospital setting under the direction and supervision of the
department neurologist by performing the following duties in a
compassionate and cost-effective manner.
- Examine patients, perform comprehensive physical examinations,
and compile patient medical data, including health history and
results of examination in both hospital and clinic settings.
- Administer and/or order appropriate diagnostic tests,
laboratory tests appropriate for neurological patients and
interpret test results.
- Develop and implement patient management plans, record progress
notes, complete discharge summaries, and assist in provision of
continuity of care.
- Assist with in-patient hospital rounds and emergency department
consultations.
- Perform Lumbar punctures
- Respond to code stroke, order scans, and obtain history from ED
Physician/family/and nurse.
- Provide telehealth services
- Sub- Primary Investigator; Screen patients to see if they are a
possible candidate for research study
- Credentialed at all Mercyhealth locations
- Working schedule In-house 24-hour coverage (7a-7a); on 24, then
off 48 (10 24-hour shifts a month)Qualifications:
- Experienced or newly graduated NPs are welcome to apply
- Graduate of an accredited MSN program
- Current IL RN license
- Current IL APRN license
- Current DEA number
- WI license preferred, required to obtain upon hire
- Other certifications as required
- Highly collaborative and self-motivated
- Ability to work very well with Neurology team and other
partners
- Strong communication skills when working with patients, patient
families, and coworkers Compensation:
- Highly competitive compensation
- Sign on bonus eligible
- CME allowance
- Robust and comprehensive benefit packageMercyhealth:Mercyhealth
is a vertically integrated health care system in southern Wisconsin
and northern Illinois with approximately 800 physicians, 8,000
employees, 7 hospitals, 80 ambulatory locations; pharmacies, DME,
Home Health, and an insurance company. We are large and growing,
but we treat our physicians and employees as
family.Rockford:Rockford is notable for its economic
diversification into automotive, aerospace, and health care
industries, as well as the undertaking of various tourism and
downtown revitalization efforts. Rockford is known for various
venues of cultural or historical significance, including Anderson
Japanese Gardens, Klehm Arboretum, the Coronado Theatre, and the
Burpee Museum of Natural History. Rockford has been recognized as
one of the most affordable housing markets in the nation less than
an hour and a half drive from downtown Chicago and Milwaukee and
less than an hour from Madison, WI.Apply at:
Keywords: Mercyhealth, Rockford , Nurse Practitioners Neurology, Healthcare , Rockford, Illinois
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