OverviewThe Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant provides advance practice nursing care and medical services specific to the Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant respective specialty to individuals, families and groups, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention as well as the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases. The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant collaborates as necessary with a variety of individuals to diagnose and manage client's health care problems in collaboration with the supervising physician and through implementation of standardized procedures.
Qualifications- Current Registered Nurse (RN) or Physician Assistant (PA) licensure in the State of Georgia and current Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant by a nationally accredited organization (e.g. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners - AANP, American Nurses Credentialing Center - ANCC, Certification or The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or any successor organization) is required.
- Current Healthcare Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course completion card.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
- Experience in working in a community health center is desirable but a high level of interest in community medicine is acceptable in lieu of experience.
- Excellent communication, organizational and customer service skills.
- Excellent phone etiquette.
- Detailed oriented and efficient required.
Responsibilities- Evaluates and treats patients with acute and chronic complaints related to specialty, according to written standardized procedures.
- Obtains complete histories and performs pertinent physical exams with assessment of normal and abnormal findings on new patients according to written standardized procedures.
- Obtains interval histories and performs pertinent examinations on return patients.
- Performs or request and evaluates diagnostic studies as indicated upon evaluation of the patient according to written standardized procedures.
- Orders and furnishes medications according to written standardized procedures and acquires counter-signature on prescriptions from the supervising physician for medications not included in the approved formulary.
- Performs designated procedures after demonstrated competency and according to written standardized procedures where applicable.
- Initiates arrangements for hospital admissions and discharges and completes appropriate paperwork.
- Recognizes and considers age specific needs of patients.
- Effectively communicates and interacts with patients, families, staff and members of the community from diverse backgrounds.
- Recognizes situations which require the immediate attention of a physician and initiates life saving procedures when necessary.
- Other medical duties may be required from time to time as a result of the Center's participation in the primary care network or affiliated managed care entities.
