Nurse Practitioner

ALLERGY PARTNERS•Fayetteville, NC

28d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides professional patient care in the office. This role involves a range of clinical responsibilities, patient education, and administrative tasks to ensure efficient patient flow and care delivery.

Requirements

NP degree required
Current licensure maintained. (Must be licensed to treat all ages).
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.

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.