What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner, FT position at Iron County Medical Center?
About the Role:
Iron County Medical Center has a position opening for a Full-time NURSE PRACTITIONER. To work with our ER/Swing Bed team in determining and supporting the diagnoses, treatments, and continuity of care for ICMC patients.
Responsibilities:
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Acknowledge that the patients always come first and project an attitude of such at all
- Diagnose, treat, or provide continuous care to hospital inpatients.
- Prescribe medications or treatment regimens to hospital inpatients.
- Assessing patient needs.
- Ordering, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests.
- Diagnosing illness and disease,
- Prescribing medication, and formulating treatment plans.
- Providing consultation services and referrals as necessary.
Skills and Abilities:
Required Education, Knowledge, Skills and Physical Requirements:
- Master’s degree and NP training covering basic disease and illness treatment and prevention.
- Coordination of care and health promotion.
- A strong focus on clinical excellence and patient satisfaction; exceptional interpersonal, communication, and documentation skills.
- Critical thinking and logical problem resolution skills a must
- Working knowledge of hospital protocols and processes needed with emphasis on EMR system.
- Advanced organizational skills with emphasis on efficient, cost-effective scheduling required.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively at all levels in a collaborative team environment.
- Walking, standing, sitting, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, twisting, and turning, pushing/pulling objects from awkward positions; ability to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs. and moving patients up to 300 lbs. with assistance; vision, hearing, and dexterity skills within normal limits.
- Effective verbal communication and documentation skills mandatory