Nurse Practitioner

Job title: Nurse Practitioner.

Location: Gallipolis, OH 45631.

Duration: 6+ Months

Shift: 8:00 AM 4:30 PM (16 Hrs./Week)

Onsite: Yes

Job Description:

Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure:

Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness.

Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnose new conditions.

Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute & chronically ill patients.

Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or medical issues.

Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows.

Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional setting.

Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing.

Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases.

Maintains required medical records:

Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards.

Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters.

Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical quality oversight.

Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers.

Participates in professional & agency committees & meetings:

Attends professional institutional specific meetings as requested by warden, deputy warden or chief medical officer.

Participates in continuous quality improvement measures & attends monthly meeting.

Attends quarterly medical meetings.

Serves as resource for patients & families utilizing areas of clinical expertise & provides advice regarding health maintenance & promotion & identifies health risk factors.

Attends in-services &/or other continuing education offerings relative to growth & development as nurse practitioner.

Major Worker Characteristics:

Knowledge of skilled registered nursing procedures; advanced nurse practices; HIPAA regulations; state & federal regulations, policies & procedures related to nursing; human relations; employee training & development; health care services & program management; counseling; interviewing.

Skill in use of equipment (e.g., surgical equipment, ophthalmoscope, stethoscope, BP cuff, EKG machine, otoscope, reflex hammer); operation of personal computer.

Ability to handle sensitive telephone & face-to-face inquiries & contacts with general public.

Possess strong clinical base in order to make judgments & decisions regarding patient care & treatment.

Deal with some abstract but mostly concrete variables; define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusion.

Gather, collate & classify information about data, people or things; understand & follow philosophies, policies & procedures of facility.

Establish & maintain positive rapport with patients, patients' families, nursing & other department &/or agency staff; maintain confidentiality of information.

About our Company: -

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