Primary Care Nurse Practitioner — Independent Clinician

Next Level Urgent Care, LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Level Urgent Care, LLC is seeking a board-certified Nurse Practitioner to join our Austin urgent care team. You will provide primary and episodic care independently and with physicians, manage patient flow, and emphasize health promotion through patient education and coordinated care.

Responsibilities include performing exams, ordering tests, establishing diagnoses, and prescribing medications within state scope.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with at least 2 years of clinical experience.
• Board certified as a nurse practitioner with current state licensure.
• DEA licensure with no restrictions.
• Skilled in traditional nursing disciplines of patient assessment and management.
• Clinical experience in an emergency, urgent care, or ambulatory clinic setting.
• BLS certified

Responsibilities

• Assure patient flow runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Follow protocols which provide medical authority when such are indicated in providing care.
• Perform complete physical exams and assessments of patients including urgent, emergent and non-urgent presentation.
• Selects, orders, and perform tests and procedures to augment physical findings.
• Define/document differential diagnoses and list differential diagnoses with most likely diagnoses included.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as deemed necessary and appropriate for plan of care, in collaboration with supervising physician as indicated.
• Interpret data and diagnostic results for appropriate course of action including but not limited to laboratory, radiology, EKG, etc. in collaboration with supervising physician as indicated.
• Prescribes dosages and instruct patients in correct usage.
• Maintains quality, safety, and infection control standards.
• Exercises tact and diplomacy in dealing with sensitive, complex and confidential patient issues and situations.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Learns computer software programs; enters and maintains accurate data and statistical information in order to consistently prepare clear and concise reports.

Skills

Nurse practitioner

Clinical assessment

Emergency/urgent care

BLS certified

DEA licensure

Education

Graduate of an accredited nursing school

Job description

Next Level Urgent Care, LLC is seeking a board-certified Nurse Practitioner to join our Austin urgent care team. You will provide primary and episodic care independently and with physicians, manage patient flow, and emphasize health promotion through patient education and coordinated care.

Responsibilities include performing exams, ordering tests, establishing diagnoses, and prescribing medications within state scope.