Family Nurse Practitioner (PRN)
About The Position
The Family Nurse Practitioner provides primary care to patients of all ages in an outpatient clinic setting. The role includes examining new and established patients, using authorized medical equipment after required training, ordering, prescribing, and administering diagnostic tests, and communicating test results to patients and their families. The practitioner serves as a leader on the medical care team, collaborates with referring providers, and uses data and evidence-based, cost-effective approaches to support high-quality outcomes. The role requires comprehensive outpatient primary-care knowledge, familiarity with clinic policies and operations, and knowledge of public and community health, relevant social and economic issues, employee development, and computer applications. The practitioner must exercise initiative and sound judgment, analyze situations and act effectively, maintain productive working relationships, and organize and delegate work to achieve goals.
Requirements
- Master’s degree required; doctoral degree optional.
- Certified as a Nurse Practitioner.
- Active and unencumbered Louisiana nursing license.
- Prescriptive authority issued by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
- Peer references.
- Must agree to credentialing and privileging requirements.
- Comprehensive knowledge of primary care in outpatient settings.
- Knowledge of public health organizations and community health programs, and of current social and economic problems affecting public health and primary care.
- Knowledge of clinic policies and procedures sufficient to direct operations and provide effective patient care.
- Knowledge of employee-development principles and practices sufficient to support organizational productivity.
- Awareness of prevalent stressors and their impact on providers and patient populations in a clinic setting.
- Knowledge of computer programs and applications.
- Ability to exercise initiative, judgment, discretion, and decision-making.
- Skill in accurately analyzing situations and taking effective action.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, policy-making bodies, third-party payers, patients, and the public.
- Ability to organize work, delegate, and achieve goals and objectives.
Responsibilities
- Provide primary care to patients of all ages.
- Perform physical examinations for new or established patients.
- Use authorized medical equipment for high-quality care after completing required training.
- Order, prescribe, and administer diagnostic tests as required.
- Communicate test results to patients and their families.
- Serve as a leader on the medical care team.
- Collaborate with referring providers as required.
- Use data and evidence-based, cost-effective approaches to drive high-quality results.
- Organize work, delegate, and achieve goals and objectives.
