Family Nurse Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care to patients within their scope of practice
• Serves as a resource for consultation and referral for providers for other disciplines
• Ensures continuity of care for services in conjunction with hospital admissions and specialty referrals
• Initiates and supports efforts to promote wellness concepts and self-responsibility for health
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient’s clinical problems and health care needs
• Discusses cases with physician and other health professionals to prepare a comprehensive patient care plan as needed
• Provides high quality of care with respect to accepted standards. Participates in peer review process.
• Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, or related therapeutic procedures
• Maintains acceptable patient productivity numbers
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Document all appropriate patient activity in EMR and submits office visit billing codes in compliance with CMS coding guidelines
• Comply with Collaborative Practice Agreement that meets the practice requirements established by Missouri Board of Nursing, Missouri Board of Healing Arts, and Missouri laws, including responsible for submitting charts for review.

• Master’s degree from an approved graduate nursing program required
• Advanced Practice Nurse with active certification for specialty approved by the State of Missouri required

Demonstrates expertise in providing direct patient care, including ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, developing comprehensive care plans, and prescribing treatments. Maintains compliance with state regulations and coding guidelines while promoting wellness and continuity of care.