Overview

The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant provides advance practice nursing care and medical services specific to the Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant respective specialty to individuals, families and groups, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention as well as the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases. The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant collaborates as necessary with a variety of individuals to diagnose and manage client’s health care problems in collaboration with the supervising physician and through implementation of standardized procedures.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) or Physician Assistant (PA) licensure in the State of Georgia and current Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant by a nationally accredited organization (e.g. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners – AANP, American Nurses Credentialing Center – ANCC, Certification or The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or any successor organization) is required.
• Current Healthcare Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course completion card.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
• Experience in working in a community health center is desirable but a high level of interest in community medicine is acceptable in lieu of experience.
• Excellent communication, organizational and customer service skills.
• Excellent phone etiquette.
• Detailed oriented and efficient required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and treats patients with acute and chronic complaints related to specialty, according to written standardized procedures.
• Obtains complete histories and performs pertinent physical exams with assessment of normal and abnormal findings on new patients according to written standardized procedures.
• Obtains interval histories and performs pertinent examinations on return patients.
• Performs or request and evaluates diagnostic studies as indicated upon evaluation of the patient according to written standardized procedures.
• Orders and furnishes medications according to written standardized procedures and acquires counter-signature on prescriptions from the supervising physician for medications not included in the approved formulary.
• Performs designated procedures after demonstrated competency and according to written standardized procedures where applicable.
• Initiates arrangements for hospital admissions and discharges and completes appropriate paperwork.
• Recognizes and considers age specific needs of patients.
• Effectively communicates and interacts with patients, families, staff and members of the community from diverse backgrounds.
• Recognizes situations which require the immediate attention of a physician and initiates life saving procedures when necessary.
• Other medical duties may be required from time to time as a result of the Center’s participation in the primary care network or affiliated managed care entities.