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Form of workHealth Alliance Hudson Valley, part of the WMCHealth Network, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to work overnight in the ICU in Kingston, NY.
Responsibilities:
- Performs detailed and accurate history
- Performs detailed and accurate history and physical examination
- Orders appropriate diagnostic tests based on history, exam, signs, and symptoms
- Recognizes abnormalities in test results (lab, radiology, EKG) and other appropriate treatment with physician consultation
- Patient instructions and counseling is appropriate
- Initiates and facilitates referral/transfer of patients with physician consultation for subsequent medical care
- Provides appropriate documentation in medical record of history, physical, diagnosis, record of treatment, condition on discharge, patient instructions, and follow-up
- Appropriate management of medical, surgical and trauma issues.
- Acts rapidly, effectively and manages self, patients and other employees during emergency situations
- Performs phlebotomies/IV access as needed
- Shows proficiency in intubation
- Participates in the Quality Improvement program as requested by the Medical Director
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited program for Nurse Practitioners with current licensure in the State of New York.
- Two (2) years minimum in Critical Care
- BLS, ACLS and ATLS
- PALS
Facility Info:
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley operates a 315-bed healthcare system comprising HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary's Avenue Campus and HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus in Kingston, NY, and Margaretville Hospital in Margaretville, NY. It also operates Mountainside Residential Care Center, an 82-bed facility in Margaretville. As Ulster County's largest employer, HealthAlliance is committed to attracting the best-qualified medical and support staff; providing outstanding, responsive, coordinated, compassionate patient- and family-centered care; excelling in clinical outcomes and patient experiences; and ensuring patient rights, privacy and respect are honored at all times, while improving the overall health and well-being of the diverse communities it serves. For more information, visit hahv.org
About Us:
WMCHealth is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, a state of the art Telemedicine program, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.
