PRN Nurse Practitioner
WVU Medicine•Ripley, WV
About The Position
The PRN Nurse Practitioner provides clinical care during assigned shifts to assigned patient populations, based on credentialing. The practitioner provides direct medical management within their scope of practice in collaboration with a physician or designee. The role includes assessing patients, developing diagnoses and treatment plans, prescribing medications, ordering and interpreting clinical tests and data, providing emergency care within the practitioner’s education and experience, and counseling patients. The practitioner also maintains patient confidentiality and completes annual employee education. ATLS certification is required only for practitioners working in the Emergency Department.
Requirements
- Be a registered nurse licensed in West Virginia and licensed as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in West Virginia.
- Master’s degree in Nursing specializing in Emergency or Family Practice.
- Current ACLS, PALS, and BLS certifications.
- Current ATLS certification if working in the Emergency Department.
- Knowledge of HCAPS and how scores relate to specific job performance.
- Exceptional customer service skills and the ability to consistently maintain a positive attitude.
- Ability to communicate effectively with fellow caregivers and supervisors.
- Computer proficiency.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of heavy/hard work, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning patients, standing, walking, and carrying patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.
Responsibilities
- Provide health care services consistent with education, training, and experience as an advanced practice nurse.
- Receive patients, obtain health histories, perform physical examinations, develop diagnoses and treatment plans, prescribe medications, and order and interpret laboratory, pathology, and X-ray tests and other clinical data.
- Obtain and prepare specimens for laboratory testing.
- Perform or assist with laboratory testing procedures consistent with education, skills, and training.
- Give injections and immunizations.
- Perform suturing, biopsies, and electrocautery consistent with education, skills, and training.
- Provide patient counseling.
- Discuss health care resources with patients and families and make referrals where appropriate.
- Arrange or assist with arrangements for patients who need more sophisticated diagnostic or treatment services than those offered.
- Provide emergency care within the range of education, skills, and experience.
- Distribute medical supplies and dispense and prescribe medications within the range of education, skills, and experience.
- Provide general health care information.
- Maintain confidentiality of patient records.
- Complete annual employee education.
