Ohio Living·Youngstown, Ohio
The Nurse Practitioner provides preventive, palliative, and educational medical services to promote patient health and wellness. Key tasks include conducting comprehensive medical histories, performing physical exams, and prescribing treatments for acute and chronic illnesses.
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Alongside our valued employees, we are making a difference throughout the state of Ohio in the lives of those that need healthcare or those embracing the next chapter of their lives. Sustained members of our team demonstrate accountable behavior and share our values of customer service, innovation, integrity, inclusion, financial stewardship, leadership and care.
The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for the provision of preventive medical, palliative, and educational services to promote patient health and wellness and uses standard software and the comprehensive clinical-financial computer system ensuring compliance in accordance with company standards and federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations.
Essential Activities and Tasks
Care Management - 100%
Conducts comprehensive medical and social histories and performs physical examination of healthy, acutely ill, chronically ill patients or terminal patients.
Treats common acute illnesses, chronic and stable health conditions through prescribing medications and other treatments.
Orders and interprets lab tests and x-rays.
Provides information, instruction, and counseling on health maintenance, health promotion, social problems, illness prevention, illness management, palliative care and medication use.
Refers patients to other health professionals as needed.
Communicates with staff members, patients and families to promote optimal patient outcomes.
Completes documentation accurately and timely while maintaining state, federal and agency regulation.
Participates in quality improvement projects.
Commitment to excellent customer service for internal and external customers.
All other duties as assigned.
Candidates must hold a current unencumbered license as a Certified Nurse Practitioner in Ohio and a Certificate of Prescriptive Authority. A minimum of two years of experience in home health or hospice care is required.
Market context
In Ohio, advanced-practice roles are typically in demand across primary care, urgent care, and specialty settings, especially for clinicians who can deliver holistic, evidence-based care and handle immunizations and vaccine counseling. These roles are competitive because employers often look for at least two years of medically relevant experience, current BLS certification, and quick completion of required credentialing steps such as the DOT certification exam. If you are considering applying, confirm that your experience aligns with the immunization and certification requirements and review the AI-summarized job requirements and benefits here to save time versus reading the original posting line by line.