Family Nurse Practitioner Job Tupelo area,Mississippi USA,Nursing

Description

Responsible for providing primary care services, including assessing and managing patients in the facility following established standards and policies. Requires knowledge of behaviors, developmental stages, physical and emotional needs, life‑cycle changes, culture, and appropriate comfort and care for the population served. Populations served by the department are identified in the department’s scope of service.

Primary Job Function

Providing primary care services, including assessment and management of patients in the facility in accordance with established standards and policies.

Essential Job Functions

Provides excellent service to customers following the Crossroads Family Medicine core values, customer service standards and behavioral expectations.

Maintains confidentiality according to HIPAA guidelines at all times.

Collaborates with a physician whose practice is compatible.

Implement a Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Program.
Consist of a sample of charts that represent 10% or 20 charts, whichever is less, of patients seen by the APRN nurse each month.
Maintain a log of charts reviewed which includes the identifier for the patient’s chart, reviewer name, and date of review.
Meet face‑to‑face with a collaborating physician once per quarter for the purpose of quality assurance.

Provides Patient, Staff, and Customer Safety:

Creates a work environment that promotes safety for patients, staff, and customers.
Reports any safety concern or near miss on the appropriate report form.
Maintains awareness of safety at all times.

Patient Care Assessment

Diagnoses patient’s condition based on exam, tests, and reports, consulting with physician as appropriate.
Performs physical examinations using appropriate medical equipment, instruments and tests.
Orders or performs various tests and analyses to provide information about patient’s condition.
Prescribes and/or administers medications and treatments as appropriate to assessed medical conditions; vaccinates patients to immunize against communicable disease.
Performs procedures as necessitated by patient’s condition, including CPR.
Instructs patient regarding diagnosis, medications and treatments.
Refers patients to community resources or medical specialists as appropriate for counseling or specialized diagnosis or treatment.
Triages telephone calls and provides consultation.
Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development (over the life‑span).
Educates patient regarding health and illness prevention.
Collaborates with physicians in managing acute and long‑term medical needs of patients and provides monitoring and continuity of care between physician visits.

Documentation

Obtains medical history as appropriate and documents.
Maintains documentation in accordance with Crossroads Family Medicine standards and policies and regulatory standards.

Other Job Functions

Follows facility and Crossroads Family Medicine established policies, procedures and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives and safety, environmental and/or infection control standards.

Participates in performance improvement teams, attends departmental meetings and Crossroads Family Medicine committees as directed.

Expands and maintains professional knowledge through continuing medical education. Completes all competencies as required by Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital.

In collaboration with administrator of facility, develops educational materials and programs as needed for patients and staff.

Working Conditions

May involve exposure to communicable diseases and other conditions common with medical facilities.

May be exposed to potentially infectious materials that require following established protocols and precautionary measures.

May be required to wear protective clothing such as gown, gloves, surgical mask and/or goggles.

Frequent contact with physicians, staff, patients and the public.

May, on occasion, be exposed to disoriented or agitated patients who need to be calmed or restrained.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications /Requirements Physical and Mental Requirements

Must have analytical ability to evaluate problem situations and come to appropriate conclusions.

Must use best…