Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a licensed provider and member of the Primary Care Team . The NP is responsible for the assessment and management of various populations of patients, medical and/or surgical, including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, development of appropriate plans of care and ongoing evaluation. The Nurse Practitioner may also perform additional duties, such as precepting a small group of learners.

• Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural setting.
• Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries.
• Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.

Position requires working Tues & Thurs until 8p and Sat 8a-12p

• Minimum of 2 years NP experience, both pediatric & adult patients, required
• OB experience, preferred