NURSE PRACTITIONER

Community Health of South Florida, Inc. • Miami, FL

68d

About The Position

Provide health care service to patients in Satellite Programs, with the knowledge and skills expected in the professional medical community.

Requirements

• Master's degree in nursing (MSN) from an accredited college or university with a clinical specialty area in Family Medicine.
• Certified by the ANCC or other appropriate certifying bodies.
• Current Florida ARNP License.
• Maintain current CPR certification from the American Heart Association.
• Ability to work sensitively with diverse cultures, with energy, initiative and self-assertiveness.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and record a complete health history including discriminate between normal and abnormal findings and take appropriate actions according to the agreed protocol and medical consultation.
• Performs physical assessment using the techniques of observation, inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation, making use of appropriate actions, according to the agreed protocol or medical consultation and interpreting test results.
• Provide Health Care Teaching/Counseling to patients.
• Prescribe medications according to protocol.
• Request and evaluate diagnostic procedures according to protocol.
• Maintain complete records of medical care in SOAP format.
• Manages common problems within the framework of standing protocols.
• Develop with the client/family a comprehensive health care plan.
• Consults, collaborates or refers to physicians according to protocol.
• Works with other professionals and agencies to provide health related services, i.e. Healthy Start, Social Work, WIC, Medicaid eligibility, Public Health Dept.
• Must attend at least four (4) Grand Rounds each year.
• Provide quality care to patients at all times.
• Participate in organizational activities (i.e. Health Fairs).
• Maintains 100% productivity monthly.
• Reports to work on time and ready to work with minimal absenteeism.
• Completes B&E (billing and encounter) forms within the same day of intervention.
• Provides accurate and timely documentation in patient charts within the same day of intervention.
• Adheres to Confidentiality Policies and Procedures / HIPAA Regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees