AICA - NP-C Nurse Practitioner
Company: AICA Orthopedics
Location: Smyrna
Posted on: October 11, 2024
Job Description:
NP-C Nurse Practitioner
With the supervision of the Physician, the NP-C will perform
complete histories and physicals on a patient to establish and
record the patient's current health status, to develop a working
diagnosis and treatment plan, and to provide continuing medical
care. The role will provide outpatient-based care to patients with
acute health conditions. The NP will practice in a setting that
requires the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic
interventions to manage acute painful conditions.
Position Duties:
- Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical
examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab,
radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of
acute pain source, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former
clinic patients to establish a record of the patient's current
health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan
with direct review by a physician
- Must be able to work with autonomy within state law, under the
direction of supervising physician
- Performs and interprets, at least to the point of recognizing
deviations from the normal, common laboratory, radiological, and
other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify
pathophysiologic processes
- Performs routine procedures such as trigger point and major
joint injections
- Educates patients regarding their treatment plan
- Familiarity with interventional pain management procedures
performed by the pain management physician, including spinal and
joint injections
- Assists with record keeping, completes appropriate patient
medical chart documentation, transcribes lab data and routine
correspondence, as directed and reviewed by a physician
- Refers patients to physicians as appropriate for consultation
or for specialized interventional pain procedures or to surgeons
for surgical intervention
- Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between
patient and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team or
with other specialty areas as necessary
- Participates in quality monitoring through the review of
records and treatment plans for patient outcomes on a periodic
basis to assure quality care
- Demonstrates a high standard of moral and ethical behavior.
Demonstrates compassion and professionalism and a commitment to
excellent patient care Position Expectations:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required.
Education and/or Experience:
- Graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner Program with a
master's degree in nursing
- A minimum of 1-2-year Interventional pain management experience
preferred
- A minimum of 1-2 years of orthopedic experience preferred
- Must have current state (Georgia) licensure and physician
assistant or nurse practitioner certification
- Must have prescriptive authority for licensure and current DEA
license to prescribe
- Proficient at trigger point injections
- Proficient at ordering Interventional Spine Procedures
- Current ACLS and BLS license
- Demonstrated competency and the ability to perform advanced
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan development and invasive
procedures as per clinical privileges. Communication Skills:
- Strong customer service skills
- Good verbal, written, and interpersonal communication
skills
- Ability to maintain good relationships with providers and
coworkers
- Ability to effectively give and receive information from
patients, providers, and other clinic employees Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out
instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability
to manage time efficiently Computer Skills:
- Prior experience with EMR required, working knowledge of
NextGen a plus
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
- PC proficiency and data entry skills Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
regularly required to talk or hear
- The employee frequently is required to stand and occasionally
sit
- The employee is occasionally required to walk and use hands to
finger, handle, or feel
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision and distance vision Functional: Clinic
Reports To : Clinic Director
Salary: Hourly ; Exempt
Bonus Potential: Per KPI Metrics
Keywords: AICA Orthopedics, Redan , AICA - NP-C Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare , Smyrna, Georgia
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