Nurse Practitioner - Adult Medicine

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title:       

Nurse Practitioner – Adult Medicine

Home Department:

Adult Medicine

Reports To:   

Chief of Adult Medicine

Effective Date:

January 1, 2024

This document is intended to describe the general duties required for this position.  It is not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Position Summary

Provides medical care within the scope of education/training and delineated privileges.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide examinations for diagnosing and treating acute and chronic conditions, such as: diabetes, high blood pressure, infections and injuries.
• Perform therapeutic procedures such as administering injections, suturing, and managing wounds/infections
• Prescribing medications and other treatments
• Ordering, performing and interpreting diagnostic tests such as lab work and x-rays
• Refer patients to specialists if necessary and analyzes medical reports/records
• Provide continuity of care by developing and implementing treatment plans in collaboration with patients/caregivers and other appropriate healthcare staff
• Provide appropriate patient counseling, education and medical advice
• Maintain confidentiality of all patient records
• Manage patients' overall care within scope of practice guidelines, regulations and standards
• Update patient chart and upload to Electronic Health Record as dictated by agency policy
• Meet or exceed average minimum productivity standard of 2400 billable encounters annually
• Maintain and annually review Collaborating Practice Agreement with supervising physician as mandated by state regulations
• Participate in After Hours Call by telephone per departmental policy
• Assessed by medical and clinical peers through quarterly record audits and one on one training and observation at least year, or more frequently if needed
• Maintain continuing medical education as required by credentialing agency
• Participation in special collaboratives/projects
• Provide periodic education/counseling at community events
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management 

Qualifications

• Master's Degree (MA) (MS) or Doctoral Degree (Ph. D.) (DNP) or equivalent from accredited college/university
• Certificates, licenses and registrations required:  
  1. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure by South Carolina State Board of Nursing
  2. Board Certification by a national organization (ANCC or AANP) 
  3. South Carolina Controlled Substance registration
  4. Federal DEA Controlled Substance registration
  5. CPR certification
• Computer skills required: 
• Electronic Medical/Health Record; ADP Payroll Systems; Purchasing/Inventory Software; Microsoft Office