Nurse Practitioner - Geriatrics

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Location: The Commons Lincoln, MA 1 Harvest Cir, Lincoln, MA 01773 Job Summary: Provides direct patient care relative to physical diagnosis and therapeutic management independently, using physician consultation where appropriate. Job Description: Essential Responsibilities: Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for a panel of patients. Evaluates individual health care status of patients, including eliciting a patient history, performance of physical examination, ordering of screening and diagnostic tests, risk assessment and interprets this information to establish a diagnosis. Develops and implements a plan of care, including treatments, medications and the like within defined guidelines for practice. Provides care to the patient in a manner that incorporates the principles of patient satisfaction and delivery of cost effective care. Participates in the development and evaluation of practice guidelines. Monitors the individual's response to therapy and revises the plan, as indicated, with particular attention to education and counseling...