Nurse Practitioner, Float

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Nurse Practitioner, Float

Reports To : Director, Advanced Practice – Adult and Family Medicine

Job Summary : Provides and manages a high standard of health care for patients in their area of specialty.

Qualifications and Requirements :

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Job duties may be modified at any time based on business needs.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provides patient care at assigned sites to ensure adequate coverage, especially of our mobile clinics or single provider sites.
• Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnostic evaluations of labs and imaging or other diagnostic procedures, and treatment for patients within scope of practice.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate.
• Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
• Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing, care coordinators, and support staff.
• Ensures completion of tasks, patient labs, imaging, and reports, as well as required paperwork in a timely and efficient manner.
• Maintains patient records and provides accurate billing data.
• Participates in specified health promotion, education and / or prevention programs as appropriate.
• Participates in providing regular and meaningful peer review and feedback to other medical providers.
• Assists in facilitating and providing training and mentorship to improve and advance professional skills and competence of medical support and other clinical staff.
• Participates in continuing medical education programs to maintain professional competence and skills.
• Participates in education of clinical students, as well as community partners and undergraduate students, per the guidelines of CCHCI medical education programs.

Required Minimum Qualifications - Education, Experience, Certificates & Licenses :

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