Family Nurse Practitioner - Neosho: Primary Care

Freeman Health System; Neosho (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Freeman Health System in Neosho, MO seeks a compassionate Family Nurse Practitioner to join our family medicine clinic. You will perform comprehensive primary care with autonomy under Missouri Nurse Practice Act and collaborate with a physician.

Responsibilities include taking medical histories, performing physical exams, ordering labs and imaging, interpreting results, referrals when needed, and providing patient education.

Qualifications

• Completes medical history and performs physical assessment accurately and efficiently.
• Creates patient problem list at first patient encounter and updates as appropriate at follow-up visits.
• Orders appropriate laboratory, radiologic and special examinations or tests according to clinical manifestations, preventative and/or health maintenance standards.
• Interprets and evaluates clinical data to determine appropriate diagnosis and need for therapeutic procedures or treatment.
• Consults with collaborative physician or designee to provide health care services for conditions other than acute self-limited or well-defined problems.

Responsibilities

• Completes medical history and performs physical assessment accurately and efficiently.
• Creates patient problem list at first patient encounter and updates as appropriate at follow-up visits.
• Orders appropriate laboratory, radiologic and special examinations or tests according to clinical manifestations, preventative and/or health maintenance standards.
• Interprets and evaluates clinical data to determine appropriate diagnosis and need for therapeutic procedures or treatment.
• Consults with collaborative physician or designee to provide health care services for conditions other than acute self-limited or well-defined problems.
• Makes appropriate specialty referrals for patient treatment outside of scope of practice.
• Establishes a process of timely review and management of abnormal test results.
• Establishes a plan of care/treatment and provides counseling and clear instructions to the patient based on jointly agreed-upon protocols that are specific to the clinical conditions treated by the collaborating physician and collaborating APRN.
• Administers, dispenses, prescribes drugs and medications and/or medical supplies and controlled substances when applicable with licensure and prescriptive authority, and authorized by collaborating physician and consistent with both collaborating physician and own skill, training, education and competence and within the scope of practice of both.

Job description

Freeman Health System in Neosho, MO seeks a compassionate Family Nurse Practitioner to join our family medicine clinic. You will perform comprehensive primary care with autonomy under Missouri Nurse Practice Act and collaborate with a physician.

Responsibilities include taking medical histories, performing physical exams, ordering labs and imaging, interpreting results, referrals when needed, and providing patient education.