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Please Find the Job Details below: Job Title: Nurse Practitioner Location: Mt. Vernon OH 43050 Pay rate: $80/hr. -$95/hr. Duration: 1 Year to long term Shift: 8-16 hours a week. Up to 24 - Flexible 1st shift Job description: 1. Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure:a. Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness.
b. Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnose new conditions. c. Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute & chronically ill patients. d. Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or medical issues.
e. Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows. f. Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional setting. g. Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing. h. Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases. 2. Maintains required medical records: a. Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards.
b. Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters. c. Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical quality oversight. 3. Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers. 4. Participates in professional & agency committees & meetings: a.
Attends professional institutional specific meetings as requested by warden, deputy warden or chief medical officer. b. Participates in continuous quality improvement measures & attends monthly meeting. c. Attends quarterly medical meetings. d. Serves as resource for patients & families utilizing areas of clinical expertise & provides advice regarding health maintenance & promotion & identifies health risk factors.
e. Attends in-services &/or other continuing education offerings relative to growth & development as nurse practitioner.