Job Summary:

Assumes responsibility and accountability for rapid assessment, nursing diagnosis and works with physician partners to assure safe patient diagnostic testing and optimal plan of care. The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for caring for patients from birth through geriatrics, maintaining accurate and current patient records and administering follow-up appointments to patients, as required. 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform initial patient screenings, patient history, physical examinations, and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines in accordance with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

• Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence and assorted paperwork that is required for purposes of documenting care and billing

• Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient’s clinical problems and health care needs

• Record physical findings and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient’s condition

• Review lab, x-ray, and emergency reports daily

• Engages patient/family to foster commitment to comply with plan of care

• Determine the need for patient follow-up appointments and further treatment options

• Refer patients for specialist services, as needed

• Deliver quality care while maintaining all company metrics pertaining to productivity

• Serve as the resource patients need for ongoing care information, counseling and provide guidance for any patients with critical conditions

• Discusses and coordinates with other internal health professionals to prepare a comprehensive patient care plan

• Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures

• Cooperate with operational initiatives for improvement of the business

• Participate in special screening, training, and community outreach activities as determined

• Agree to see “walk-ins” on short notice, as needed and as possible, such as to fill empty time slots on the schedule created by “no-shows” and to promote patient access to care

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Fluent in Russian preferred but not required

• Organizational

• Verbal

• Interpersonal

• Customer Relations

• Grammar/Spelling

• Read/Comprehend written instructions

• Follow verbal instructions

• Keyboarding (manual)

• Computer (visual)

Education and Experience Required:

• Master’s Degree in Nursing as Nurse Practitioner, from a nationally accredited postgraduate certificate program. Must be a graduate from an Accredited School of Nursing.

Experience

• 5 year of experience in a clinical or advance practice setting (preferred but not required…willing to work with newly graduated exceptional candidates)

Licensure, Certification or Registration Required:

• APN (Applicable State of Employment)

• Registered Nurse Practitioner Licensure for; and listed on the state Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Registry

• Board certified as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, in applicable population foci and/or subspecialty

• RN (Applicable State of Employment)

• BLS (American Heart Association)

• ACLS (American Heart Association)

• RXN/RXN-P

o Have Prescriptive Authority (RXN) or have Provisional Prescriptive Authority (RXN-P), if applicable for role with associated articulated plan

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned.