Nurse Practitioner Outpatient

Legacy Health • Portland, OR

6h • Onsite

About The Position

Legacy's mission is to make life better for patients, the community, and each other. The organization seeks skilled and compassionate outpatient Nurse Practitioners who reflect this mission. This role involves making a difference through patient care and administrative duties in a clinic setting.

Requirements

• As required by licensure.
• minimum of 2 years of experience in a related field.
• Current applicable state RN license required.
• National certification as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) required.
• Applicable state license as a Nurse Practitioner w/Prescriptive Privileges (NP-PP) required.
• Current certification dependent upon the specific position to include Basic Life Support (CPR) from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Works in collaboration with physicians to provide complete physical examinations, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and episodic disorders.
• Assigned principal responsibility for primary health care of patients under professional medical direction from physicians.
• Seeks the expert opinion or advice of a physician whenever the incumbent decides a case falls outside the scope authorized by policies and protocol.
• Plans and implements and a physician reviews and confirms health care goals for patients.
• Responsible for the patient throughout the course of the treatment, provides the physical examination, the diagnosis, and the health care plan, determines when the patient has recovered, and releases the patient.
• Refers patients to physicians for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment but retains responsibility for clinical management as well as any subsequent modification.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees