Nurse Practitioner - Adult Medicine

Nurse Practitioner Adult Medicine

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:
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure by South Carolina State Board of Nursing
• Board Certification by a national organization (ANCC or AANP)
• South Carolina Controlled Substance registration
• Federal DEA Controlled Substance registration
• CPR certification
• Computer skills required:
• Electronic Medical/Health Record; ADP Payroll Systems; Purchasing/Inventory Software; Microsoft Office