About This Role
This full-time day position offers an exciting opportunity to join the Family Medicine team as a Nurse Practitioner. The role is entirely ambulatory, focusing on patient follow-up visits after hospital stays, pre-operative assessments, same-day sick visits, and routine return appointments within the Family Medicine practice.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate clinical expertise and expanded knowledge through patient care activities, including diagnosis and management of a wide range of health problems
- Be responsible for the health outcomes of an assigned patient population
- Confer with collaborating physician and other health professionals in areas of clinical expertise
- Develop appropriate educational systems for patients, families, and staff in areas of expertise
- Mentor graduate students in aspects of advanced practice and patient care
- Actively participate in quality improvement and/or research pertinent to the area of expertise
- Conduct comprehensive appraisals of patients' health status by taking health histories and performing physical examinations in the clinical area
- Provide direct clinical care to patients
- Prescribe/order medications, therapies; order/interpret laboratory tests, x-rays, and procedures according to clinical privileges
- Evaluate patients to determine their need for further healthcare
- Provide comprehensive teaching to patients and families
- Document in the medical record all care and education provided and/or procedures performed for which the Licensed Advanced Practice Provider is responsible
- Refer to other disciplines as appropriate
- Consult with other disciplines in areas of expertise
- Integrate research-based knowledge and clinical expertise in decision-making
- Exemplify a professional image in appearance, manner, and presentation
- Advocate for patients, families, coworkers, and the community
- Maintain certifications and continuing education as required for licensure and privileging
- Serve as a patient advocate and role model for "Patients First"
- Participate in unit/departmental/divisional or hospital committees/task forces as appropriate
- Provide comprehensive teaching strategies for patients and their families
- Develop and participate in programs to meet continuing education needs of staff
- Serve as a role model and preceptor to students
- Provide formal education to both internal and external groups pertinent to area of specialty
- Participate in quality improvement and/or research initiatives for specific patient population as appropriate
Requirements
- Master’s degree from an accredited school/college of nursing OR master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant Program
