Nurse Practitioner II

Job Title - Nurse Practitioner
Location- Cranston, RI, 02910

Job description

Position Function/Duties:

• To be responsible, under the clinical supervision of a licensed physician, for performing diagnostic and other advanced clinical and therapeutic tasks in order to allow the physician to extend health services in a hospital, clinic, infirmary, health maintenance organization or long-term care facility.
• To perform initial histories and under the direction of a physician, periodic physical examinations for patients/clients and/or employees within the agency and utilizing accepted professional standards.
• To order within limits as established by a responsible licensed physician necessary laboratory or other diagnostic tests and procedures which will assist in the diagnosis and treatment of people with an intellectual and developmental disability or other disability.
• To initiate consultations, monitor scheduling and manage, under the direction of a licensed physician, primary care for disabled individuals utilizing accepted standards of clinical practice and within the scope of competence according to established protocols.
• To intervene as necessary in medical emergency and crisis situations and initiate referrals to medical and/or other health care providers as appropriate.
• To notify the responsible physician of periodic changes in an individual’s clinical condition and, in consultation with the physician, suggest a variety of therapies.
• To provide as necessary home care and/or community service intervention which could result in improved functional independence of patients/clients/residents.
• To counsel with disabled individuals and family members or guardians in health education, preventive care and other clinical issues as directed by a responsible physician.
• To do related work as required.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $70.00 - $75.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

Medical Specialty:

• Addiction Medicine
• Allergy & Immunology
• Anesthesiology
• Bariatrics
• Burn Care
• Cardiology
• Cath Lab
• Colorectal Surgery
• Critical & Intensive Care
• Dermatology
• Dialysis
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Genetics & Genomics
• Geriatrics
• Hematology
• Holistic Medicine
• Home Health
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• Hospital Medicine
• Hyperbaric Medicine
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Labor & Delivery
• Medical-Surgical
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Ob/Gyn
• Occupational Medicine
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Otolaryngology
• Pain Medicine
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Perioperative Care
• Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine
• Plastic Surgery
• Podiatry
• Primary Care
• Psychiatry
• Public Health
• Pulmonology
• Radiology
• Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
• Rheumatology
• Sleep Medicine
• Sports Medicine
• Surgery
• Telemetry
• Toxicology
• Transplant Surgery
• Trauma Medicine
• Urgent Care
• Urology
• Wound Care

License/Certification:

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Cranston, RI 02910 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $70 - $75