Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryAdvanced Practice Providers
About the job
Requirements
Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in good standing with the North Carolina Board of Nursing or current licensure as a Physician Assistant in good standing with the North Carolina Medical Board.
Current Drug Enforcement Agency licensure.
Current Basic Life Support certification.
Responsibilities
Provide outpatient medical care in partnership with one or more supervising physicians.
Practice medical care for each patient visit.
Complete pertinent history and physical examinations.
Document the chief complaint, history of present illness, pertinent review of systems, and physical examination in the electronic health record.
Review and update past medical history, family history, social history, medications, and allergies in the electronic health record.
Review vital signs.
Review results and reports from prior orders.
Place new orders.
Perform and document procedures.
Administer medications and immunizations.
Determine and document the assessment and plan.
Prescribe medications.
Provide patient education, guidance, and counseling.
Arrange plans for follow-up.
Sign electronic health record encounters within timelines established by policies and procedures.
Respond to related patient questions or needs arising after an encounter.
Adhere to established scheduling templates when providing patient care.
Participate in quality-metric directives and departmental quality-improvement projects.
Attend practitioners’ meetings, clinical-site meetings, and practice-wide meetings regularly.
Read emails and other organizational communication platforms.
Complete peer review.
Comply with Clinical Quality Measures expectations.
Use resources to verify standards of care.
Modify workflows as determined by the department to attain quality-improvement objectives.
Consistently document activities related to quality-improvement projects.
Participate in the on-call patient rotation.
Remain available to receive phone calls throughout on-call service dates.
Respond to on-call contacts within timelines established by policies and procedures.
Document on-call patient care in the electronic health record.
Notify the patient’s primary care physician of on-call patient care.
Company Overview
Contentnea Health is a Community Health Center providing comprehensive medical, dental and behavioral health services for members of our communities in Greene, Pitt and Pamlico counties in eastern North Carolina.
Job Summary
Provides outpatient medical care in partnership with one or more supervising physicians.
Responsibilities and Duties
Practices medical care for each patient visit.
Completes pertinent history and physical exam.
Documents chief complaint, history of present illness, pertinent review of systems, and physical exam in electronic health record (“EHR”).
Reviews and updates past medical history, family history, social history, medications, and allergies in EHR.
Reviews vital signs.
Reviews results and reports from prior orders.
Places new orders.
Performs and documents procedures.
Administers medications and immunizations.
Determines and documents assessment and plan.
Prescribes medications.
Provides patient education, guidance, and counseling.
Arranges plan for follow-up.
Signs EHR encounter within timelines in established policies and procedures.
Responds to related patient questions or needs which arise following encounter.
Adheres to established scheduling templates in provision of patient care.
Participates in quality metrics directives and departmental quality improvement (QI) projects.
Attends practitioners’ meetings regularly.
Attends clinical site meetings regularly.
Attends practice-wide meetings regularly.
Reads emails and other platforms of communication within organization.
Completes peer review.
Complies with Clinical Quality Measures expectations.
Uses resources to verify standards of care.
Modifies workflows as determined by department to attain QI objectives.
Consistently documents activities related to QI projects.
3. Participates in on-call patient rotation. a. Maintains availability to receive phone calls throughout dates of on-call service. b. Responds to on-call contact within timelines in established policies and procedures. c. Documents on-call patient care in EHR. d. Notifies patient's primary care physician of on-call patient care.
Qualifications and Skills
Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in good standing with the North Carolina Board of Nursing or current licensure as a Physician Assistant in good standing with the North Carolina Medical Board.