Nurse Practitioner - Walk-In Physician Clinics - Days - PRN
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse Practitioner renders medical care to patients in hospital clinical settings and clinical offices. The role assesses patients in conjunction with physicians and provides care for each identified patient. The Nurse Practitioner practices within legal, ethical, and professional boundaries, maintains a current license and expertise under established protocols, and demonstrates positive team-based behaviors and commitment to ongoing professional growth. Regular, timely attendance and compliance with laws and regulations governing healthcare organizations are required. The position provides delegated patient-care services, including obtaining comprehensive health histories; conducting physical, psychosocial, and mental examinations; assessing developmental and functional status; interpreting X-rays with physician assistance and laboratory values; evaluating findings and suggesting diagnoses; prioritizing diagnostic tests and patient needs; and determining outcomes in collaboration with patients, families, and other professionals. The Nurse Practitioner evaluates patients using laboratory and imaging results and orders treatment according to protocols and standards of care, consulting the supervising physician when required. The role collaborates with supervising physicians, supports prevention and discharge planning, provides patient education and discharge instructions, and determines whether admission is needed after physician consultation. The Nurse Practitioner performs advanced procedures permitted by the state nurse practice act under supervising-physician guidance. Procedures may include subcutaneous or eye foreign-body removal, wound management and suturing, incision and drainage, finger or toe nail removal, and adult spinal taps. The role communicates patient and family needs to appropriate providers, delegates and communicates care to team members according to their skills and patient acuity, documents patient condition and needs with appropriate follow-up, and facilitates education and discharge planning using interdisciplinary resources.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Nursing.
- Successful completion of at least 700 clinical practice hours.
- Three years of experience as a staff RN.
- Valid, active Mississippi Nurse Practitioner license.
- Computer skills and keyboarding.
Responsibilities
- Practice within legal, ethical, and professional boundaries and maintain a current license and expertise under established protocols.
- Provide patient-care services as delegated.
- Obtain comprehensive patient health histories and perform physical, psychosocial, and mental examinations, including developmental and functional status assessment.
- Interpret X-rays with physician assistance and interpret laboratory values to identify and correct abnormalities.
- Evaluate normal and abnormal findings and suggest differential and presumptive diagnoses.
- Prioritize and initiate pertinent diagnostic tests and collect patient data based on immediate condition or needs.
- Identify expected patient outcomes in collaboration with patients, families, and other professionals.
- Evaluate patients using laboratory and X-ray results and order treatment according to protocols and standards of care, consulting the supervising physician when required.
- Use the Nursing Process systematically and collaborate with supervising physicians on patient care.
- Identify risk factors and provide health teaching, prevention, and discharge planning.
- Provide discharge instructions, prescriptions, and follow-up visits.
- Contribute to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others upon request.
- Evaluate and modify practice based on current research findings.
- Consider safety, effectiveness, and cost when planning and delivering patient care.
- Determine the need for admission after consulting with the supervising physician.
- Perform advanced procedures permitted by the state nurse practice act under supervising-physician guidance, including foreign-body removal, wound management and suturing, incision and drainage, nail removal, and adult spinal taps.
- Communicate and interact appropriately with patients, families, and visitors of all age groups while respecting cultural and religious beliefs.
- Communicate patient and family healthcare needs to appropriate providers and delegate and communicate care to team members according to their skills, knowledge, and patient acuity.
- Provide accurate, concise daily reporting and documentation of patient condition and needs, with appropriate follow-up.
- Facilitate patient education and discharge planning using interdisciplinary resources.
- Maintain regular and timely attendance and comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations.
