PA-C or ARNP - PRN

Advanced Practice Providers

Advanced Practice Providers promote and maintain health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician. They conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, counsel patients and prescribe medication. Care will be provided in a clinic or nursing home setting.

Essential Functions

1. Assess patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating and studying medical histories.
2. Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms and laboratory studies. Interprets diagnostic test results for deviations from normal.
3. Make tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients.
4. Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing, managing wounds and infections.
5. Instructs and counsels patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
6. Supervises and coordinates activities of nursing and other support staff.
7. Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
8. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
9. Contribute to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physician directives.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited Physician's Assistant Program or Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Work experience: A minimum of one year experience is preferred. Five or more years working as an RN prior to getting PA or NP is preferred.
• Education/Certifications/Licenses: Completion of an accredited PA or NP program is required. Must have an active PA or NP license in the state of Iowa.
• BLS and Mandatory Certification Reporting
• Desired Work Traits: Must be thorough and detail oriented. Must be a team player who can work with other clinic staff including physicians, office staff and nurses.
• Communication Skills: Must have excellent communication skills in order to talk to patients and work with physicians.

Operate office equipment such as computers, printers, copy machine, calculator, or facsimile. Able to operate medical equipment needed to exam and treat patients.

Working Conditions

The physical demands describe here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must be able to examine patients. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move 10 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions/Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Vision must be correctable to view computer screens and read printed information. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

Hearing must be in the normal range for hearing patients and staff, for telephone contacts and other conversations.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not intended to be a complete statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.