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 Administration 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, including completing pertinent history and physical examinations, documenting the chief complaint, history of present illness, pertinent review of systems, and physical examination in the electronic health record, and reviewing and updating medical, family, social, medication, and allergy histories.
Review vital signs and results and reports from prior orders, place new orders, perform and document procedures, and administer medications and immunizations.
Determine and document the assessment and plan, prescribe medications, provide patient education, guidance, and counseling, arrange follow-up, sign electronic health record encounters within established timelines, respond to related patient questions or needs after encounters, and adhere to established scheduling templates.
Participate in quality metrics directives and departmental quality improvement projects, including attending practitioner, clinical site, and practice-wide meetings; completing peer review; complying with Clinical Quality Measures expectations; verifying standards of care; modifying workflows to attain quality improvement objectives; and documenting quality improvement activities.
Participate in the on-call patient rotation by maintaining availability throughout assigned dates, responding within established timelines, documenting on-call patient care in the electronic health record, and notifying the patient's primary care physician of on-call 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.