What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Nurse Practitioner position at TLC?
Join our dynamic healthcare team as a Family Nurse Practitioner, where you will play a vital role in delivering comprehensive, client-centered care. We are committed to supporting your professional growth and ensuring a rewarding experience as you make a meaningful difference in people's lives. This position functions in a clinical capacity with clients and sets admissions parameters, lab protocols, creates standing orders if needed, orders medication, reviews MAR, and provides medication education to clients and families. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking organization dedicated to delivering exceptional family-centered healthcare!
Duties
- Reviews labs, ekg, medical records to approve/set parameters for admission.
- Reviews history and provides a physical at time of Admission.
- Creates standing lab protocol via order for patient.
- Writes any standing orders (as needed)
- Provides weekly medical check-in and reviews weekly labs
- Utilize E prescribing system in KIPU to access for refill needs
- Leave orders for RN to follow up with external medical providers to address any pertinent medical issues not being managed by TranscendED or that need further asx
- Review MAR
- Phlebotomy (as needed for weekly lab draws)
- Weekly meeting with Psych NP and Medical Director
- Provides medication education to clients/parents
- Weekly follow up with parents re client medical status or questions regarding labs
- Responsible for the discharge planning process and documentation
- Other duties as assigned by Medical Director
- $15 per hour for three-day initial training
Requirements
- 3 years of experienced with ability to establish workflow for medication distribution
- Must be licensed in NC
- Medication Administration certificate required
- Maintain DEA registration
- Maintain ANCC Certification
- Graduated from Masters level Nurse Practitioner program from an accredited School of Nursing
- Must have considerable knowledge of nursing principles and practice, must demonstrate knowledge of medications and their proper application and use.
- One year experience working with mental health clients, preferably in Eating Disorder counseling setting (preferred)
- Must attend weekly medical meeting (at 2pm) for 1 hour
- Excellent communication skills for effective patient education and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams; working with individuals with disabilities or developmental delays is desirable.
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