Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Part Time Nurse Practitioner

Join our team as a Part Time Nurse Practitioner in Mt. Vernon, OH. This position offers a flexible schedule with a focus on providing high-quality patient care.

Job Description

• Create and implement patient care plans and perform advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure.
• Monitor progress of patients and intervene in the course of chronic illness.
• Perform routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions and diagnose new conditions.
• Evaluate acute and chronically ill patients and prescribe medications or administer treatment.
• Complete discharge planning and follow-up care for clients, patients, youth, or inmates with chronic care and/or medical issues.
• Perform minor surgery as training and competency allows.
• Evaluate necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility, or correctional setting.
• Order and review results of laboratory, x-ray, and other diagnostic testing.
• Inoculate or vaccinate patients against communicable diseases.
• Maintain required medical records by documenting medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols, and agency-professionally accredited standards.
• Document assessments and diagnostic impressions including treatment plans and follow-up parameters.
• Cooperate monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical quality oversight.
• Provide clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists, and other caregivers.
• Participate in professional and agency committees and meetings by attending professional institutional specific meetings as requested by warden, deputy warden, or chief medical officer.
• Participate in continuous quality improvement measures and attend monthly meetings.
• Attend quarterly medical meetings.
• Serve as a resource for patients and families utilizing areas of clinical expertise and provide advice regarding health maintenance and promotion while identifying health risk factors.
• Attend in-services and/or other continuing education offerings relative to growth and development as a nurse practitioner.

Requirements

• Valid license as Registered Nurse; completion of Nurse Practitioner program & certified by Ohio Board of Nursing for advanced practice with valid certificate of authority.
• BLS/CPR certification.
• Ohio Licensure.