NURSE PRACTITIONER
About The Position
The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive nursing and medical care, assessing patients’ physical and emotional needs and planning and delivering appropriate health services. The role includes taking patient histories; conducting examinations; using and interpreting laboratory and X-ray diagnostics; diagnosing and treating conditions; providing follow-up care; prescribing or dispensing medications within applicable protocols and state licensure limits; and referring patients for consultation when their needs exceed the practitioner’s scope of practice. The Nurse Practitioner also delivers health maintenance education and participates in preventive health programs, including immunization, disease detection, and disease prevention activities. The position supports team-based, patient-centered care and collaborates with physicians, nurses, other health professionals, and the CVHS Patient Educator. The practitioner consults the collaborating physician promptly for complex cases as appropriate, maintains complete and orderly problem-oriented medical records, and participates in quality assurance and the planning, implementation, evaluation, and revision of health care programs. Administrative, supervisory, and teaching duties may be assigned by the Chief Medical Officer. The role requires maintaining professional standards, continuing education, patient confidentiality, and attendance as scheduled. Some after-hours or on-call coverage may be required, and the practitioner must be able to work without on-site physician supervision.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Licensed as a registered nurse in Virginia.
- Graduate of an approved Adult, Pediatric, or Family Nurse Practitioner program.
- Certification as an Adult, Family, or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner as required by Virginia law; certification must be from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Nurses Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, or another respected and appropriate authority as required for state licensure.
- Previous experience as a registered nurse in public health, community health nursing, or home health nursing.
- Able to work effectively with physicians, nurses, and other health care providers.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Concern for patient confidentiality and ability to deal effectively with hostile or uncooperative patients.
- Able to maintain a professional demeanor in difficult circumstances and be sensitive to the administrative needs of supervising physicians and other CVHS personnel.
- Able to work without on-site physician supervision.
- Commitment to rural living.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner is preferred.
- Pleasant, positive personality.
- Strong interest in continuing professional education and professional development.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing and medical care and assess patients’ physical and emotional needs.
- Plan and deliver appropriate health care services and provide medical treatment and advice.
- Obtain patient case histories and other pertinent information.
- Perform patient examinations, use laboratory and X-ray diagnostic tests, and interpret findings for differential diagnoses.
- Diagnose conditions, provide necessary treatment, and conduct follow-up care as medically indicated.
- Refer patients for consultation when their needs fall outside the practitioner’s scope of practice.
- Prescribe and/or dispense medications according to protocol and state licensure limitations.
- Direct, organize, and participate in assigned preventive health programs, including immunization, disease detection, and disease prevention activities.
- Support CVHS health professionals in working according to their professional standards of practice and comply with CVHS contracts, bylaws, and principles of practice.
- Maintain high personal and professional standards and pursue continuing professional education as required.
- Provide health maintenance education to patients, independently and in collaboration with the CVHS Patient Educator, physicians, and others; instruct local community groups when requested.
- Participate in quality assurance and in planning, instituting, evaluating, and revising CVHS health care programs.
- Consult promptly with the collaborating physician about complex patients when appropriate or required by policy.
- Maintain complete, orderly, problem-oriented medical records.
- Perform administrative, supervisory, and teaching duties within the scope of competence as directed by the Chief Medical Officer.
- Attend work as scheduled and perform other reasonable duties as directed by the Chief Medical Officer or Regional Clinical Officer.
- Support a team-based approach to patient-centered medical care.
- Provide some after-hours or on-call coverage as needed.
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Job Type
Full-time
