Per Diem Family Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant

CompleteCare; New Jersey; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CompleteCare in New Jersey seeks a Nurse Practitioner to provide comprehensive nursing, pharmacological, and NP-level care within the clinic setting. You will assess patients, collaborate with physicians, and support care for walk-in patients while documenting thoroughly and adhering to NJ guidelines.

The role requires NP licensure in NJ, prescriptive authority, CPR certification, and strong clinical assessment and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Unrestricted license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant from the State Board in New Jersey
• Prescriptive authorization registration with the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners
• Board Certification
• Active CPR
• Ability to stand, walk, lift, move patients as needed

Responsibilities

• Assess bio/psycho/social/spiritual health status through history, data collection and exam
• Assist staff nurses to facilitate care for walk-in patients
• Document accurately according to site standards
• Collaborate with staff, physicians and others to implement the patient care plan
• Provide pharmacological and nursing care within NJ NP scope
• Refer and manage cases per program standards
• Educate patients to manage their health

Skills

Nurse practitioner skills

Clinical assessment

Documentation

Education

Nurse Practitioner license (NJ)

Prescriptive authority (NJ)

Board certification

CPR certification

Job description

Description

*FLSA Status – non exempt

*EEO Category – Professional

Our Mission: To improve lives by providing convenient, comprehensive, high-quality healthcare to every person in every community that we serve.

Our Vision: CCHN will maintain its position as the leading community health center in the state and become a model for all other healthcare organizations to follow.

MAJOR FUNCTION:

Provides nursing care within the scope of a NJ licensed Nurse Practitioner

• Assess the bio/psycho/social/spiritual health status of individual clients and families through history taking, data collection, and physical exam
• Assists staff nurses to facilitate care for walk-in patients
• Completes accurate documentation according to site specific standards
• Works in collaboration with staff, physicians, allied health professionals, and others to implement the patients plan of care

Provides pharmacological care within the scope of a NJ Certified Nurse Practitioner

• Participates in annual update of joint practice protocols as per NJ Board of Nursing guidelines
• Prescribes or make judgments regarding pharmacologic agents and therapeutic devices
• Dispenses/Administers/Prescribes medications according to policy & protocol

Provides nurse practitioner care within the scope of a NJ Certified Nurse Practitioner

• Recognizes and manages deviations from health
• Recognizes patients whose problem is out of scope of practice and obtain appropriate care
• Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests ordered
• Follows up on laboratory and diagnostic tests ordered
• Communicates with patient to arrive at mutually agreed upon plan of care to include actual and potential health problems, both medical and nursing in nature
• Evaluation and revision of patient plan of care is ongoing

Provides health education

• Informs, teaches and guides clients/families to assume responsibility for management of their own health
• Individualizes education to facilitate patient independence and optimize patient self care
• Educates patients on pharmacological agents, therapeutic devices, laboratory or diagnostic testing
• Promotes health education for groups of patients, families, staff, agencies, communities, and organizations pertinent to area of specialty as appropriate to program

Provides referral and case management

• Refers patients to internal resources according to program standards, protocol, or physician consultation
• Refers patients for specialty care as per program standards, protocol, or physician consultation
• Refers patients to primary care as appropriate
• Follows up on referrals according to site specific standards
• Case manages client care according to program standards and patients plan of care

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Unrestricted license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant from the State Board in New Jersey and official recognition from the same State Board to practice as a Nurse Practitioner
• Employee shall maintain registration including prescriptive authorization with the New Jersey Board of medical Examiners,
• Maintain Board Certification
• Maintain Active CPR
• Ability to stand, swift waling, lifting, moving patients as needed

The above job description is not to be construed as a complete listing of the assignments that may be given to any employee, nor are such assignments restricted to those precisely listed in the description.