Part-Time Nurse Practitioner

Provides professional patient care in the office.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Clinical Responsibilities

• Takes patient history and records the information in the patients chart.
• Confers with physicians about new patient findings and potential diagnosis and treatment.
• Exercises professional judgment regarding consultation with supervising physicians concerning appropriate treatment.
• Develops and implements patient care plans instructs and counsels patients and records progress.
• Prescribes medications to the extent allowable by state guidelines and clinic regulations.
• Provides diagnosis and treatment services to established patients.
• Prescribes medications treatments and immunotherapy in accordance with physician protocols.
• Formulates and updates patient care plans; consults with physicians as needed.
• Performs patient education duties; shows immunotherapy videos hands out brochures and directs patients to specific Internet sites for more information.
• Acts as backup and puts patients in rooms as needed.
• Transmits prescription requests to pharmacy; documents action in patient chart and obtains physician signature of approval.
• Oversees appointment bookings and ensures emergency situations are scheduled appropriately; maintains timely flow of patients
• Returns patient phone messages at designated times throughout the day; documents action taken in patient chart.
• Triages incoming telephone calls; instructs patient and family regarding treatment instruction then documents action taken in patient chart.
• Completes all assigned AP training (such as CPR OSHA HIPAA Compliance Information Security others) within designated timeframes.
• Complies with Allergy Partners and respective hub/department policies and reports incidents of policy violations to a Supervisor/Manager/Director Department of Compliance & Privacy or via the AP EthicsPoint hotline.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

COMPENSATION INFORMATION

• Actual compensation may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• NP degree required.
• Current licensure maintained.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• At least two years of experience in a physician office or hospital.
• Ability to make independent decisions about patient care.
• Experience diagnosing and treating patients.
• Working knowledge of managed care basics and experience working with a managed care and Medicare population.
• Comfortable using email and interacting with Internet applications.
• Knowledge of practice management and word processing software.
• Good communication skills.
• Neat professional appearance.