Nurse Practitioner
Position Summary
The Nurse Practitioner diagnoses and treats acute, episodic, or chronic illness, either independently or as part of a health care team. With a focus on health promotion and disease prevention, responsibilities include ordering, performing, and interpreting diagnostic tests such as lab work and x-rays, and prescribing medication.
NP basic rate: $50/Hr
***Rates may vary per location/contract/per diem/travel/Shift urgency***
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses
- Diagnose or treat acute health care problems such as illnesses, infections, or injuries
- Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost,invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy
- Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized
- Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies based on patient characteristics
- Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances
- Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Valid Nurse Practitioner license
- Master’s degree in Nursing
- Five or more years of nursing experience
- Team player
- Self-motivated
- Experience in EHR medical charting
- Strong written and communication skills
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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