What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant position at Mobile Healthcare Partners Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
Responsibilities :
- Complete progress notes within 7 days of service rendered
- Complete billing within 7 days of service rendered
- Provides primary and preventive medical care to meet the needs (physical, mental, and emotional) of patients under a limited scope of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and within his / her skills and training.
- Provides medical patient care to the scope and standards of practice established by a nationally recognized credentialing organization representing Nurse Practitioners and / or Physician Assistants.
- Supervises support staff in delivery of care to patients.
- Maintains universal precautions and infection control practices.
- Investigates health problems or health needs by gathering and assessing historical information.
- Performs a physical examination appropriate to the patient's history.
- Diagnose health problems based on interpretation of the patient's history, physical exam findings, and diagnostic test results.
- Develops a treatment plan, tailored to the patient's needs, which includes health education, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment.
- Prescribes medications, as appropriate.
- Evaluates the results of the treatment plan, modifying the plan as needed to achieve the treatment goals.
- Makes referrals for specialty evaluation or treatment.
- Provides a model for clinical practice within the clinic setting.
- Performs initial and periodic physical examinations within limits of privileges and record findings.
- Orders diagnostic tests according to the chief complaint, physical and emotional / mental findings and symptoms.
- Demonstrates the knowledge of pharmacology.
- Prescribes and administers medication within limits of privileges and state and federal regulations.
- Recommends and follows up on laboratory tests and specialized diagnostic procedures, as deemed necessary.
- Ensures that all required reports and clinical information is completed in an accurate, timely and complete fashion.
- Performs other clinical duties assigned within limits of privileges.
- Maintains confidentiality of all information and supporting patients' privacy, rights, and safety.
- Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
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