Nurse Practitioner, Convenience Care - LV Craig Family Medicine Clinic

Nurse Practitioner, Convenience Care - LV Craig Family Medicine Clinic - Full Time 12 Hour Days (Exempt) (Non-Union)

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The Nurse Practitioner (NP) Convenience Care has a specialized skill and knowledge related to the setting in which they practice and perform physical exams, collect and document data, conduct approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order and schedule laboratory studies and professional consultations, prescribe appropriate interventions and medications, and provide direct patient care services, according to established evidence-based clinical practice standards. The NP contributes to excellence in patient care, research, teaching, consulting, and provides leadership to the organization and advance practice profession.

Duties may include but are not limited to obtaining patient health histories and complete physical examinations, documenting findings noting pertinent normal and abnormal findings, ordering and interpreting appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests, and performing procedures as needed within specialty area. The NP also helps facilitate safe and efficient operational flow of the patient through their continuum of care. The NP will function as a part of inter‑professional teams by communicating, planning, and implementing care directly with other healthcare professionals, including but not limited to physicians, pharmacists, office support staff, and other advance practice providers (APPs).

The Nurse Practitioner takes a leading role in activities such as managing the clinical aspects of clinic, patient care, job performance/competency evaluations, staffing, scheduling and working with the directors, employees, and preceptors in orientation and training of new employees. Executes leadership in the following areas:
Direct/Indirect Patient Care, Support of Systems, Research, Education, and Professional Leadership. Works in collaboration with other health care team members, consulting and referring as appropriate, but retains responsibility for ongoing clinical management of the patient. Must work with any and every physician in the Clinic. Other duties as assigned.

• Directly performs or orders appropriate diagnostic studies and interprets finished results.
• Develops and implements long and short range treatment plans.
• Performs procedures such as obtaining specimens, performing injections, immunizations, skin biopsies, suturing, wound care, and management of conditions produced by trauma or infection.
• Writes orders to increase, decrease or change medication, subject to checking and counter‑signing by physician.
• Initiates consultations and monitors scheduling of patients for special tests.
• Identifies records pertinent to progress of patients, updating and summarizing charts, changing orders when appropriate and notifying the responsible physician of changes in the patient’s condition.
• Instructs and counsels patients and families regarding preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
• Acts as liaison with governmental agencies such as Center for Disease Control and National Institute of Health. Assists with medical research projects, following medical research protocols. Obtains Investigational Review Board approval for treatment protocols.
• Researches community resources for referral of patients. Refers patients to most appropriate resource based on patients’ medical needs and condition.
• Maintains compliance with established University and department policies and procedures, quality assurance, safety, environmental, infection control and complies with requirements of accreditation and regulatory agencies.
• Participates in in‑service education programs and professional associations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree Nursing Graduate from an accredited school of Nursing (MSN).
• 5 years Clinical nursing experience.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to speak, read and write English…