Family Nurse Practitioner - Neosho

Freeman Health System•Neosho, MO

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About The Position

Freeman Health System is seeking a compassionate, motivated, and patient-focused Family Nurse Practitioner to join its family medicine clinic in Neosho, Missouri. The role provides primary care consistent with the APRN’s specialized knowledge, judgment, skills, training, and education, as authorized by the Missouri Nurse Practice Act. The APRN works under a collaborative practice agreement with a Missouri-licensed physician, who delegates authority to provide healthcare services and treatments and to administer, dispense, and prescribe drugs for authorized clinical conditions. The APRN may diagnose and initiate treatment for people with acute or chronic illnesses or injuries.

Requirements

Family Nurse Practitioner/APRN qualifications and authority to practice under the Missouri Nurse Practice Act.
Maintain a collaborative practice agreement with a physician licensed to practice medicine in Missouri.
Provide care and prescribe or administer treatments only as authorized by the collaborative physician and within the APRN’s licensure, competence, and scope of practice.

Responsibilities

Complete medical histories and perform physical assessments accurately and efficiently.
Create a patient problem list at the first encounter and update it as appropriate at follow-up visits.
Order appropriate laboratory, radiologic, and special examinations or tests based on clinical manifestations and preventive or health-maintenance standards.
Interpret and evaluate clinical data to determine diagnoses and the need for therapeutic procedures or treatment.
Consult with the collaborative physician or designee regarding conditions other than acute, self-limited, or well-defined problems.
Make appropriate specialty referrals for treatment outside the scope of practice.
Establish a process for timely review and management of abnormal test results.
Submit patient charts to the collaborative physician or designee for review every 14 days, as required by Missouri state statute.
Establish a plan of care or treatment and provide counseling and clear patient instructions based on jointly agreed-upon protocols for conditions treated by the collaborating physician and APRN.
Administer, dispense, and prescribe drugs, medications, medical supplies, and controlled substances when applicable, when authorized, and within licensure, prescriptive authority, competence, and scope of practice.