Office Nurse Practitioner

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Lexington Pediatrics Practice
Full Time
Day Shift
M-F 8am-5pm, Rotating Call

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bedteachinghospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.

Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Assesses the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination and diagnostic tests. Interprets the data, develops and implements a plan of treatment, follows through on a continuum of patient care across the health-illness continuum and lifespan within protocols set forth and approved by both the nurse practitioner and practice physicians.

Minimum Education: None
Minimum Years of

Experience:

None
Substitutable

Education & Experience:

None
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current licensure as RN in the State of South Carolina;
Certification by appropriate credentialing organization recognized by South Carolina as Nurse Practitioner;
CPR, BLS.
Required Training: None

• Documents all situations, both internally and externally, that may arise out of the ordinary or are necessary to maintain accurate patient charts/records.
• Provides diagnosis and treatment of common acute illnesses; prevention and maintenance health care to patients with stable chronic illnesses; and performs interim physical examinations for healthy patients within prescribed guidelines:
  • Elicits appropriate present and past medical history and review of systems.
  • Performs appropriate physical examination and orders appropriate diagnostic studies.
  • Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings in history and physical.
  • Establishes appropriate differential diagnosis.
  • Assesssto ... (continued)

• Supervises and intervenes with clinical issues and supports/directs triage by clinical staff when necessary. Implements clinical education and training or clinical staff when necessary.
• Is available for feedback on call-back and triage issues as needed.
• Identifies barriers to patient care flow or delivery, and assists at formulating corrective action.
• Adheres to the drug formulary developed by the practice. Prescribes within the practice agreement set forth by supervising physicians 100% of the time. Ensures updated and accurate practice agreement every 2 years as set forth in rules and regulations for prescribing authority.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient and of patient/practice information with no infractions as noted by supervision.
• Maintains current signed protocols reviewed and revised annually and as needed
• Regularly maintains a neat appearance and adheres to department/corporation dress, including the wearing of appropriate identification.
• Demonstrates responsibility for individual performance and efficient utilization of products, supplies, equipment, and time to ensure the timely completion of duties and to promote financial viability through provision of services at a reasonable cost.
• Employee follows established safety precautions and procedures in the performance of all duties in order to ensure a safe environment.
• Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed…