Description

Summary:

Provides health care services to patients under the direction and responsibility of a Physician.

Essential Functions:

• Examines patient, performs comprehensive physical examination, and compiles patient medical data, including health history and physical examination results.
• Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests, and interprets test results for deviations from normal.
• Performs therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and manages infections.
• Develops and implements patient management plans, records progress notes, and assists in provision of continuity of care.
• Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimen, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
• Follows up on patients’ messages, prescription refills, and test results for themselves and the doctors to give a timely response to the patient.
• This job supervises Clinic personnel in all delegated or directive medical care duties.

Requirements

Qualifications (Education and Experience):

• Current Texas Licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• Current Texas Licensure as an APRN-NP and specialty certification as required by the department.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certified within 30 days of hire.
• A master’s in nursing as an NP or a Master’s degree in Nursing with completion of a post-master's Nurse Practitioner Certification Program.