What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner position at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center?
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Time Type : Full time
Department : Family Medicine
All Locations : East Boston
Position Summary :
The Nurse Practitioner is a licensed independent practitioner who provides nursing and medical services to individuals, families and groups. A nurse practitioner diagnoses and manages acute episodic and chronic illnesses while emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention. Services may include ordering, conducting, supervising and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, and prescription of pharmacologic agents and non pharmacologic therapies
Essential Duties & Responsibilities :
- Obtains comprehensive and problem focused health history
- Performs a comprehensive and problem focused physical exam
- Orders and interprets screening and diagnostic tests
- Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making.
- Communicates with patients re : clinical findings
- Initiates appropriate and timely consultations (NP, PA & MD)
- Qualifications and Requirements :
MA License as NP
