Nurse Practitioner in Family Care Clinic – Part Time Job at Morrison Community Hospital
Morrison Community Hospital
303 North Jackson Street
Morrison IL 61270
Department: Family Care Clinic
Job Title: NP
Reports To: Clinic Director
Job Type: Part Time
Shift: Days
Saturday and Sunday 8am-6pm every 4th weekend
Job Summary
The Staff Family Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant is responsible for primary care, focusing on wellness promotion and illness prevention of the patient. Ages served range from adolescent to geriatric.
Essential Functions
Has knowledge of the Rural Health Clinic Regulations and will be required to be on duty in the clinic a minimum of %50 of the standard hours of operation.
CLINICAL: The scope of practice of an advanced practice nurse includes, but is not limited to, each of
the following:
- Ensures patient privacy and confidentiality in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Act
- Performs all procedures on Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant skills list, and any new procedures under the direction of the supervising physician.
- Advanced nursing patient assessment and diagnosis.
- Ordering diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures, performing those test and procedures when using health care equipment, and interpreting and using the results of diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures ordered by the advanced practice nurse or another health care professional.
- Ordering treatments, ordering or applying appropriate medical devices, and using nursing, medical, therapeutic, and corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
- Providing palliative and end-of-life care.
- Providing advanced counseling, patient education, health education, and patient advocacy.
- Prescriptive authority as defined in Section 65-40 of the Act. The APN may only prescribe and
dispense controlled substances that the collaborating physician has defined.
- Delegating selected nursing activities or tasks to a licensed practical nurse, a registered
professional nurse, or other personnel. (Section 65-30 of the Act)
10. Performs all procedures on Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant skills list, and any new
Qualifications
Currently licensed in the State of Illinois as a Registered Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant ACLS certified.
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