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Nurse Practitioner - PRN - Days

Crisp Regional Health Services

#Driver's License #BLS #Nurse Practitioner #Performance Improvement #Health Maintenance #Acute Illness #Medical Care #Geriatric Care #Ambulatory Setting

Quick overview

The Nurse Practitioner actively delivers medical care as part of the Physician Services team, providing care across all life cycles emphasizing wellness promotion and illness prevention. Responsibilities include performing direct patient clinical care, health maintenance exams, managing acute and stable chronic illnesses, and coordinating care with physicians.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess a Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Physician Assistant Studies, along with two to four years of related experience. Essential requirements include maintaining current state licensure as a Registered Nurse and certification as a Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C), plus a valid driver's license and Basic Life Support certification.

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Job description

Position Summary

Under the leadership of the Director, Physician Services, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an active member of the Physician Services team that delivers medical care consistent with the strategic vision, goals, philosophy, and direction of Physician Services and CRHS. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for providing care to patients throughout their life cycles (prenatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric) while emphasizing wellness promotion, illness prevention, care of acute minor illnesses and stable chronic illnesses for all life cycles.

Basic Qualifications

• Education:

Requires a Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS), Health Science (MHS), or Medical Science (MM Sc).
Experience:

Requires two to four years of work-related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Licensure, Registrations & Certifications:

Requires and maintains current state license as a Registered Nurse.

Requires and maintains current state certification as a Physician Assistant –Certified (PA-C).

Maintains a current certification in Basic Life Support (If BLS verification is not current upon hire, it must be obtained within three (3) months of hire.)

Requires and maintains a current valid driver’s license and proof of minimum automobile insurance.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Provides direct patient clinical care in an ambulatory setting.
Performs health maintenance exams with appropriate patient education for all age groups, including well child exams, adolescent exams and sports physicals, and adult physicals including pap and pelvic exam.
Performs pregnancy confirmation and introduces pregnant patients into the prenatal program at the clinic. Provides prenatal care in coordination with physicians.
Examines patients with specific acute complaints or stable chronic illnesses, initiates treatment for identified conditions according to written protocol, and works closely with clinic physicians in referring patients with significant abnormal findings.
Provides appropriate level of clinical and educational services as needed, that is age and condition appropriate.