Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Company: Carpenter Health Network
Location: Lafayette
Posted on: June 11, 2021

Job Description:

Find your joyful purpose at Homedica Join our Homedica Nurse Practitioner Team!

Nurse Practitioners (NP) - Full-Time needed to round in Rehab/ LTAC facility supplemented with home visits.

Homedica provides primary care to patients who have limited mobility. We seek to become an extension of the physicians office and hospital in order to provide a continuum of care tailored to the patients individual needs. This position will supplement our physician team at Sage Rehab Hospital and Sage Specialty Hospital (LTAC) in Lafayette. You will be able to follow most of your patients home ensuring a safe transition.

Essential daily duties include:

• Rounding at Sage Rehab and Sage Specialty Hospital as an extension of Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Coverage
• Provide primary medical care for chronic and acute illnesses to patients who are home-bound or have difficulty traveling to a physicians office
• Perform physical exams, diagnose and treat acute and chronic diseases
• Interpret laboratory and test results
• Prescribe and manage medications and other therapies all with an emphasis on health maintenance and disease prevention

Qualifications:

• Current Louisiana license required
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem-solving skills and ability to deal with a variety of situations
• Hospital experience required, Rehab or LTAC experience a plus
• Hospice and/or Home Health experience not required but preferred

Dual certified Acute Care/Family NP preferred

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