Description
Nurse Practitioner
Position Summary
The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for ensuring patients receive proper illness and injury care and disease prevention.
Principal Duties
• Learn Athena clinical EMR
• Ensures the health, comfort and safety of patients
• Adhere to clinic/company policies and procedures
• Identify patients and their personal information using their ID, documents or 2 patient identifiers (ex. Name & DOB)
• Examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals.
• Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures.
• Leads and directs the work of other staff members.
• Adhere to all relevant health and safety standards while working
• Ensure patient confidentiality
• Proper charting on computer for all patient encounters.
• Other duties as assigned by management
Essential Skills/Job Requirements
- Familiarity with computer and relevant software applications
- Awareness of general administrative and clerical procedures
- Good interpersonal skills and communication
- Attention to detail
- Ability to multi task
- Able to stand on feet, bend and move through shift
Experience & Education
- NP certification along with Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years' experience
Physical Requirements
Needs to be able to sit for extended periods, stand and walk occasional, reach and manipulate objects with their hands (like a keyboard). Have good vision for reading computer screens, and be able to hear clearly to answer phone calls; most positions may require lifting light items up to 10 pounds occasionally.