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Responsibilities
- Assesses patient's physical and psychosocial health/illness status through history taking and physical examination
- Provide treatment of illnesses and injuries
- Demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care appropriate to the age of patients
- Communicate appropriately with the person served regardless of their age
- Complete charting and required paperwork in a timely manner
- Perform common urgent care procedures such as wound repair, abscess drainage, splinting, ECG and X-ray interpretation
- The provider should be comfortable with sutures and fractures
- Practices within the collaborative model with physicians, nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists
- Diagnoses, manages, and appropriately refers patients with acute, episodic, or chronic illness according to department protocols
- Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests according to established guidelines
- Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions
- Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards
- As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs
- Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards
- Develops and provides educational materials and/or programs to patients, families, and other health care professionals at the Center
- Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care
- Demonstrate understanding and commitment of Agenacare Way of patient centered care.
- Performs other related duties as requires and as assigned
Qualifications
- Qualified candidates must have 2 years of NP experience within the specialty applied to and hold an active VA NP license
- BLS certification required. ACLS and PALS certifications preferred
- Knowledge of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosages and instruct
- Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and patient care services in area of medical expertise
- Must become a Certified Medical Examiner with FMCSA within 60 days of hire.
- Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise
- Proven ability to work in a fast pace environment
- Ability to work alone but with physician consultation availability
- Candidates are required to pass a drug test and background check before beginning employment
- Employment will be probationary for 90 days, upon which we will review your performance.
