Family Practice / Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Job Title : Part time- Nurse Practitioner

Location : Mt. Vernon OH 43050

Salary range : $90 / hr.- $120 / hr. or more

Hours / week : 24 Hours / week

Shift : 9 : 00 AM - 5 : 00 PM (M-F)

Note :

Valid license as Registered Nurse; completion of Nurse Practitioner program & certified by Ohio Board of Nursing for advanced practice with valid certificate of authority

Job description :

• Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure :

a. Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness.

b. Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnose new conditions.

c. Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute & chronically ill patients.

d. Completes discharge planning / follow-up care for clients / patients / youth / inmates with chronic care and / or medical issues.

e. Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows.

f. Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional setting.

g. Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing.

h. Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases.

a. Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards.

b. Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters.

c. Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical quality oversight.

a. Attends professional institutional specific meetings as requested by warden, deputy warden or chief medical officer.

b. Participates in continuous quality improvement measures & attends monthly meeting.

c. Attends quarterly medical meetings.

d. Serves as resource for patients & families utilizing areas of clinical expertise & provides advice regarding health maintenance & promotion & identifies health risk factors.

e. Attends in-services & / or other continuing education offerings relative to growth & development as nurse practitioner.

Requirement :

BLS / CPR certification

Ohio Licensure