Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Primary Care Northlake - Anderson

Prisma Health; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Prisma Health in Anderson is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to provide primary health care to a specific patient population. The ideal candidate will engage in diagnosis and treatment while following established nursing standards.

Minimum requirements include a Master's Degree in Nursing and required certifications from South Carolina. This is a day shift position at the Blue Ridge Ortho facility with opportunities to enhance patient education services.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Nursing or equivalent.
• Required certifications: South Carolina Nurse Practitioner, Prescriptive Authority, and Controlled Substance license.
• Experience in primary health care and patient education.

Responsibilities

• Engage in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
• Maintain paperwork for documenting care and billing.
• Develop patient education services.

Skills

Patient care

Diagnosis and treatment

Quality assurance

Operational assessments

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing

Nurse Practitioner Degree Emphasis or Program Certificate

Job description

Job Summary

Provides primary health care to a specific patient population within the guidelines of written protocols. Follows established nursing standards, procedures, and practices.

Accountabilities

• Engages in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, defects or injuries and recommends or prescribes treatments for the relief or cure of physical, mental or functional ailments or defects.
• Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence and assorted paperwork required for documenting care and billing.
• Participates in physician educational programs provided by Employer relative to capitated medicine and its implications on physician practice patterns.
• Participates in responding to requests for proposals for managed care contracts.
• Establishment of quality assurance programs.
• Establishment of utilization management programs.
• Selection of management information systems.
• Development of patient education services.
• Development of patient satisfaction surveys.
• Assists in the development of operational and capital budgets.
• Participates in operational assessments in search of revenue enhancement, expense reductions, consolidation efficiencies and billing opportunities.
• Maintain courteous and cooperative working relationships with all levels of management and employees, physicians, patients, guarantors and the general public.
• Participates in activities that would further the public's image of the Employer.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

Master's Degree in Nursing; Nurse Practitioner Degree Emphasis or Program Certificate equivalent.

Required Certifications/Registrations/Licenses

• South Carolina Official Recognition Nurse Practitioner - NLNP
• Prescriptive Authority South Carolina Nursing License
• South Carolina Controlled Substance license; Federal DEA license

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Blue Ridge Ortho - Anderson

Facility

1094 Primary Care North Lakes

Department

10946820 Rural Health