Nurse Practitioner
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Full-time
Nursing
Posted on November 30, 2024
About Lakewood
Lakewood Health System is a comprehensive rural healthcare system in central Minnesota. Leading the way in providing quality, personalized healthcare for a lifetime, Lakewood prides itself on remaining fiercely independent to prioritize its patients, staff, and communities in all decisions. Voted as one of Star Tribune's Top Workplaces for the fifth year in a row, we do rural healthcare differently at LHS by providing a solid foundation of family practice providers with access to best-in-class specialty services, all right here at Lakewood. Across the spectrum of life, Lakewood Health System provides compassionate, quality care for the Brainerd Lakes region and beyond.
About the Department
At Lakewood Health System, outstanding primary care is truly the heart of our practice. Committed to providing care for the entire family, Lakewood brings the perfect blend of personal attention and hands on care, with all of the convenience and modern technology you've come to expect from a healthcare system. We group providers into care teams to enhance patient care and improve access. These care teams are broken down based on the clinics in which providers practice.
Mission for Position
The women's health nurse practitioner cares for patients across their lifespan, collaborating with supervising physicians and primary care providers to deliver high-quality, personalized care for a variety of conditions specific to women.
Duties & Responsibilities
Qualifications
Lakewood Health System is growing and looking for great people to join our mission of providing personalized, quality healthcare for a lifetime. At Lakewood, our people are our most valued asset!
Next Steps
Interested, but will the schedule work for you?
Have questions on organizational culture, team fit or day-to-day experience?
>>>Contact Craig Wolhowe to discuss the possibilities further:
Craig Wolhowe, VP of Clinics and Providers
P: 218-894-8600
E: craigwolhowe@lakewoodhealthsystem.com
Apply Online |Careers - Lakewood Health System
Lakewood Health System provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Lakewood Health System is a comprehensive rural healthcare system in central Minnesota. Leading the way in providing quality, personalized healthcare for a lifetime, Lakewood prides itself on remaining fiercely independent to prioritize its patients, staff, and communities in all decisions. Voted as one of Star Tribune's Top Workplaces for the fifth year in a row, we do rural healthcare differently at LHS by providing a solid foundation of family practice providers with access to best-in-class specialty services, all right here at Lakewood. Across the spectrum of life, Lakewood Health System provides compassionate, quality care for the Brainerd Lakes region and beyond.
About the Department
At Lakewood Health System, outstanding primary care is truly the heart of our practice. Committed to providing care for the entire family, Lakewood brings the perfect blend of personal attention and hands on care, with all of the convenience and modern technology you've come to expect from a healthcare system. We group providers into care teams to enhance patient care and improve access. These care teams are broken down based on the clinics in which providers practice.
Mission for Position
The women's health nurse practitioner cares for patients across their lifespan, collaborating with supervising physicians and primary care providers to deliver high-quality, personalized care for a variety of conditions specific to women.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Initiate and manage therapies for acute or chronic health problems, health screens, preventive care, and general health maintenance counseling.
- Recommend, prepare, and issue prescription and non-prescription medication based on FDA guidelines and evidence-based practice.
- Gynecological consults including contraception, pre-conception planning, infertility evaluation & management, abnormal bleeding, STI screening/treatment, incontinence, prolapse evaluation and management, and pelvic pain.
- Referral and follow-up care with physician specialists under the review of the supervising physician.
- Patient education and counseling.
- Collaboration with physicians regarding complex patients; more complex patients are periodically seen by a primary care physician.
- Ensure patients understand the importance of physician supervision by arranging periodic visits with a supervising MD and keeping them informed about the collaborative care approach.
- Coordinate care with primary care physicians and surgeons through regular communication, shared electronic health records, care conferences or team meetings, referrals and consultations, and coordinated follow-up care.
- Perform patient history and physical examinations.
- Order appropriate diagnostic studies to form a diagnostic impression and skilled analysis of test results.
- Health promotion and disease prevention activities to include screenings, vaccinations and guidance in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
- Cover telemedicine-based quick visits.
- Full time
- 5 Saturday's a year in Urgent Care.
Qualifications
- Board certified with valid state registration or license
- BLS and ACLS certifications
- Works independently
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Strong decision-making skills
- Effective stress management abilities
- Competent in problem solving and task prioritization
- Data interpretation
- Dedication to providing a personalized care experience while maintaining therapeutic boundaries
Lakewood Health System is growing and looking for great people to join our mission of providing personalized, quality healthcare for a lifetime. At Lakewood, our people are our most valued asset!
- Generous Flex Time Off & Wellness Time Off
- 401K Match
- Annual tuition assistance of $2,000 per year
- Best-in-region employer HSA contributions
- New in 2024 - employer paid premiums for individual-only healthcare coverage!
Next Steps
Interested, but will the schedule work for you?
Have questions on organizational culture, team fit or day-to-day experience?
>>>Contact Craig Wolhowe to discuss the possibilities further:
Craig Wolhowe, VP of Clinics and Providers
P: 218-894-8600
E: craigwolhowe@lakewoodhealthsystem.com
Apply Online |Careers - Lakewood Health System
Lakewood Health System provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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