Job Title: Nurse Practitioner (Part-time)
Location: Mt. Vernon, OH Â 43050
Duration: 1 Year to long term
Shift hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMÂ
Job Description
•   Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure:a. Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness.
•   Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnose new conditions.
•   Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute & chronically ill patients.
•   Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or medical issues.
•   Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows.
•   Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional setting.
•   Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing.
•   Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases.
•   Maintains required medical records:
•   Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards.
•   Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters.
•   Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical quality oversight.
•   Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers.
•   Participates in professional & agency committees & meetings:
•   Attends professional institutional specific meetings as requested by warden, deputy warden or chief medical officer.
•   Participates in continuous quality improvement measures & attends monthly meeting.
•   Attends quarterly medical meetings.
•   Serves as resource for patients & families utilizing areas of clinical expertise & provides advice regarding health maintenance & promotion & identifies health risk factors.
•   Attends in-services &/or other continuing education offerings relative to growth & development as nurse practitioner.
Required documents
•   Active Nurse Practitioner  medical license for the state of OH.
•   Active BLS/CPR