Primary Care NP PRN, Easton, MD

University of Maryland Medical System•Easton, MD

11d

About The Position

Under limited supervision, the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive advanced-level health care to a specific patient population in collaboration with medical staff. The role follows applicable nursing and medical standards, procedures, and practices, and provides patient care directions to nursing and support staff. The Nurse Practitioner examines and evaluates patients, diagnoses and treats conditions, provides follow-up and consultations, and delivers health education appropriate to patients’ ages and circumstances. The role obtains patient histories, orders and interprets diagnostic tests, develops and documents care plans, and prescribes medications based on a comprehensive review of the patient’s history and diagnostic results. The Nurse Practitioner communicates care plans with patients, families, and relevant members of the health care team, documents findings and care in the clinical record, and provides care for ill and injured patients according to accepted standards. The role also collaborates with physicians and other health care team members regarding patient needs and outcomes, maintains confidentiality and security of protected health information, keeps required training and immunizations current, and contributes to patient-safety initiatives by addressing and reporting risks, adverse events, and near misses.

Requirements

Master of Science degree with completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.
Current state licensure as a Nurse Practitioner.
Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse.
Current BLS certification, or obtain it before providing direct patient care.
Eligible for DEA and CDS.
Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient populations served, including knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan and the ability to assess population- and age-specific needs.
Effective verbal and written communication skills for interacting with patient families, departmental units, medical staff, and nursing staff.
Demonstrated or documented effective interpersonal skills.
Maintain updated hospital safety and other mandatory training.
Maintain updated immunizations as recommended for the practice area.

Nice To Haves

Experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Perform medical examinations and evaluations, diagnoses, treatment, follow-up, consultations, and health education appropriate to the patient’s age and situation.
Obtain patient histories and develop patient care charges, ensuring documentation is complete and accurate.
Order, obtain, and interpret appropriate diagnostic tests.
Design, order, and document treatment plans and plans of care, including medication prescriptions based on review of the history of present illness and diagnostic results.
Communicate plans of care with the collaborative physician, primary care provider, referring provider, nursing staff, and case manager.
Explain plans of care to patients and family members and provide instruction about disease processes, treatment plans, and medication regimens.
Provide medical care to ill and injured patients in accordance with accepted standards of care.
Provide health education to patients and families as appropriate.
Document medical findings and care provided in the clinical record, including laboratory and radiographic study information.
Teach health maintenance procedures and provide educational resources to patients as needed.
Collaborate with physicians and other health care team members regarding patients’ health needs, outcomes, and care-plan effectiveness.
Initiate appropriate contact with other health care providers as required.
Maintain the privacy and security of confidential and protected health information and use or disclose only information necessary to perform job functions.
Ensure patient safety, take action to correct observed risks, report adverse events and near misses to appropriate management, and communicate potential risks in processes, procedures, or devices.
Maintain updated hospital safety and other mandatory training and immunizations as recommended for the practice area.