Advanced Practitioner (PRN) - Urgent Care

DeKalb Health; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with generous company match

Job summary

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians (PPCP) in North Charleston, SC, is seeking an Advanced Practitioner (NP or PA) to join our healthcare team. You will provide high-quality patient care, collaborate with physicians and staff, and support the delivery of exceptional medical services.

You will conduct exams, order and interpret tests, prescribe medications, coordinate care, supervise health team, and help improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• PA: Bachelor's degree from an accredited program.
• NP path: Master's degree and CRNP certification.
• State license for advanced practice.
• CPR certification required.
• Average 1-6 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses.
• Lead and coordinate health care delivery of the physician’s health team.
• Identify medical and surgical problems from examinations and patient histories.
• Provide direct patient care and coordinate appointments, explain procedures, and perform needed tests.
• Monitor patient progress and maintain records, arranging consultations as needed.
• Triage calls and respond to emergencies including CPR.
• Counsel patients on preventive health care and contribute to research analyses.

Skills

Nursing Skills

Administering Medication

Diagnostic Procedures

Bedside Manner

Dependability

Emotional Control

Teamwork

Verbal Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree (PA)

Master’s degree + CRNP certification

Job description

• Location 2550 Elms Center Road,North Charleston, SC, 29406,United States
• Employee Type PRN
• Manage Others No

Description

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians (PPCP) is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Advanced Practitioner (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join our healthcare team. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality patient care, collaborate with physicians and clinical staff, and support the delivery of exceptional medical services.

• Offer 401K with generous company match

Position Responsibilities

• Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses. Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA’s / NP’s scope of work.
• Ensure optimal patient care services by leading and coordinating health care delivery of the physician’s health team.
• Identifies potential medical and surgical problems by conducting physical examinations; recording patient histories; preparing patient workups and summaries; recording normal and abnormal data and tentative conclusions for review by the physician.
• Provides direct patient care under indirect physician supervision by coordinating and scheduling appointments; explaining the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of procedures to the patient and/or patient’s family; completing laboratory studies; performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Monitors patient progress by carrying-out patient care services; maintaining patient records; consulting with supervising physician when patient’s progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria; arranging consultations.
• Provides information by participating in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by supervising physician; preparing statistical reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends, and appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
• Improves patient care quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.
• Serves and protects the facility by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
• Updates job knowledge by recommending state-of the art practices; providing nursing leadership; contributing to professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances company reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different request; exploring opportunities to add value to patient care and job performance.
• Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care.
• Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems. Responds to emergencies including use of CPR.
• Counsels patient/family on preventive health care.
• Documents patient information and care in medical record and may maintain department statistical database for research purposes.
• Consistently demonstrate ability to respond to changing situations in a flexible manner in order to meet current needs, such as reprioritizing work as necessary. Minimize non-productive time and fill slow periods with activities that will enable you to prepare to meet the future needs of the System (education, organizing, house - keeping, assisting others). Organize job functions and work area to be able to effectively complete varied assignments within established time frames.
• Handling administrative duties, including but not limited to messages, refill request, paper work, forms, past medical record review, etc as directed by supervising physician – for patients managed by supervising physician.
• May be required to adjust typical work schedule based on practice needs – ie to cover additional days due to a supervising physician’s time out of the office or that of another APP in supervising physician’s team.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Educational/ Experience Requirements:

Physician Assistant: Bachelor’s degree and successful completion of accredited physician assistant program.

Nurse Practitioner: Master’s degree and certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) based on RN licensure and state authority for advanced practice.

Average 1-6 years of experience.

Other Requirements:

Familiar with variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Nursing Skills, Administering Medication, Performing Diagnostic Procedures, Beside Manner, Dependability, Emotional Control, Teamwork, Verbal Communication. State License also required. Current CPR certificate required.

Summary

Advanced Practitioners work in collaboration with a physician to assess the physical/mental needs of the patient and independently participating in the delivery of direct patient care within their scope of authority; ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Reports to a Physician.