APRN/PA-C - Wound Healing Center - Concord Hospital

Summary

The Wound Healing Center Advanced Practice Registered Nurse/Physician Assistant provides specialty care and chronic and acute care health care services to patients throughout their lifespan.  Patient care is provided in collaboration with a Wound Healing Center physician.

Full Time
Outpatient Only
No Call Responsilbities
Average Ten Patients Per Day
Monday-Thursday (Eight Hour Patient Care/Two Hour Administrative)

Education

Five to six years of formal training or education beyond the high school level (e.g., Masters Degree or five year program).

Certification, Registration, and Licensure

Wound Certification within three years of the hire date is required. 
Licensure required: NH license as APRN or PA and current DEA license.

Experience

Based on the practice setting background, prior wound care specialty and site-specific experience may be required. However, new graduates may be considered with prior wound care experience.

Responsibilities

• Obtains patient health history and performs physical examination.
• Diagnoses acute and chronic medical problems within the scope of practice.
• Provides specialty care, acute and chronic management and patient education according to practice
• standards.
• Develop expertise and practice standards specific to specialty programs.
• Prescribes and manages medications and treatments within the practice standards.
• Meets productivity standard of the practice/department.
• Documents care provided in the medical record according to practice/department standards.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic tests.
• Performs in-patient care and consults within the scope of practice.

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• Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to hear and speak. The employee is frequently required to bend, do repetitive motion, perform activities that require fine motor skills, reach, sit, smell, squat, stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to kneel.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, and near vision.

The employee is frequently exposed to bloodborne pathogens, and bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, airborne pathogens, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.