NP/PA: Surgical & Primary Care Provider

Freeman Health System; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Freeman Health System, a not-for-profit health system serving Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas, seeks a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to deliver healthcare under physician supervision in Missouri. The role includes prescribing medications, managing care plans, and performing procedures per supervising physician authority.

Key duties include creating problem lists, ordering labs/imaging, interpreting data, counseling patients, assisting in procedures, and maintaining timely

Responsibilities

• 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 supervising physician or designee to provide health care services for conditions other than acute self-limited or well-defined problems.
• Establishes a plan of care/treatment and provides counseling and clear instructions to the patient regarding mental and physical health using jointly agreed upon procedures and protocols by PA and supervisory physician.
• Assists with or performs surgical procedures at the direction of the supervising physician; performs hospital rounds and documents patient progress notes as appropriate.
• Administers, dispenses, prescribes drugs and medications and/or medical supplies or therapies consistent with both supervising physician and own skill, training, education and competence and within the scope of practice of both.

Job description

Freeman Health System, a not-for-profit health system serving Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas, seeks a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to deliver healthcare under physician supervision in Missouri. The role includes prescribing medications, managing care plans, and performing procedures per supervising physician authority.

Key duties include creating problem lists, ordering labs/imaging, interpreting data, counseling patients, assisting in procedures, and maintaining timely