Family Nurse Practitioner

Family Nurse Practitioner

Reports To: Satellite Physician

Exposure Classification: Category I All procedures or other job related tasks that involve an inherent potential for mucous membrane or skin contact with blood, body fluids, tissues, or a potential for spill or splashes of blood or body fluids.

Qualifications: A master's degree in nursing is required. Must possess a State of South Carolina license to practice medicine, federal DEA license and a State of South Carolina Controlled Substance license.

Physical Requirements: Must possess ability to communicate in the dominant language of the geographic region. Must be able to lift 30 pounds. Vision and hearing corrected to within normal limits is required. Must be independently mobile.

Essential Job Tasks:

• Provide direct patient care, including but not limited to conducting comprehensive medical and social histories of patients, performing comprehensive and/or problem focused physical examinations, order and/or performing laboratory and screening test in accordance with approved protocol.
• Read and evaluate lab reports, x-ray results, and consultation reports and records, relaying information and, if necessary, treatment plans to patients.
• Make independent decisions regarding management and treatment of medical problems identified, formulating, initiating and monitoring patient management plans based on established standards of care.
• Prescribe medications and perform therapeutic or corrective measures, which may include urgent care.
• Provide information, instruction and counseling on health maintenance, health promotion, social problems, illness prevention, illness management and medicine use.
• Make appropriate referrals to specialists.
• Comply with all applicable infection control and safety precautions.
• Consult with other members of the health care team as needed.
• Accurately enter all patient notes into electronic medical records system in a timely manner.
• Participate in interviewing and selecting new employees provide input for performance reviews, provide input for employee discipline, including discharge.
• Supervise students during clinical rotations as assigned.
• Exhibit compliance with FHC's corporate compliance policy.
• Perform job activities in ways that are respectful, courteous and responsive while interacting with patients, visitors and co-workers.
• Perform other duties and assume other responsibilities as appropriate or as directed.

Equal Opportunity Employer