Under the direction and supervision of a physician, the Nurse Practitioner provides professional medical services for AACI Health Center patients.
Duties and responsibilities
- Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment
- Prescribe and dispense medications
- Develop and implement treatment plans with patients and other care team members
- Check vitals and conduct physical and reviews patient case histories
- Provide continuing, comprehensive healthcare maintenance and medical care to patients, including preventive care, and behavioral and community health care
- Educate patients on topics such as disease process, medication, prevention, and compliance
- Consult with and referral to affiliated subspecialists
- Work as part of an integrated care team
- Collaborate with behavioral health and wellness colleagues
- Participate in on-call after hours rotation
- Document and maintain clinical records per appropriate standards and regulations
- Participate in team meetings
- Participate in clinical quality improvement processes including peer reviews, data collection, health outcomes reporting, clinical audits, program evaluation
- Provide coverage for other clinicians when needed
- Complete other duties and related projects as assigned