Family Nurse Practitioner OR Physician Assistant - Care

About This Role

This full-time role involves providing comprehensive clinical care as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, working within an interdisciplinary team to assess, diagnose, and manage patient conditions. The position requires a clinician who can independently determine and alter treatment plans, educate patients and families, and maintain accurate electronic medical records.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and determine/alter treatment and management plans appropriate for age, acuity, and clinical condition
• Order, perform, and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies
• Prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies
• Manage conditions based on clinical indication, evidence-based care, cost-effectiveness, and assessment of risks/benefits and alternatives
• Provide health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management counseling and education to patients and families
• Manage patients as part of an interdisciplinary team and within scope of practice
• Seek physician or other healthcare team member consultation or referrals as appropriate
• Escalate need for more emergent or specialized care when necessary
• Maintain accurate, complete, concise, and timely documentation in the electronic medical record
• Substantiate and submit professional services consistent with compliant coding and billing practices
• Facilitate consistent, coordinated care and clear communication among all members of the healthcare team and/or health or community agencies
• Perform office or hospital procedures in accordance with specialty practice, competency, and granted privileges (where applicable)
• Participate in quality, safety, and peer review initiatives/performance activities, organizational and/or departmental meetings and committees, peer review, and work groups as necessary
• Participate in education and/or onboarding of new team members, students, and other health care professionals
• Seek experiences to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and advance the profession within and outside of the organization
• Maintain standards of productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality metrics to ensure optimal, safe, and timely patient care delivery
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span
• Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age‑specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures

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