Nurse Practitioner Pd/wsu - Worcester, United States - University of Massachusetts Medical School
Description
Overview:
***: Under the general direction of the Nurse Manager or designee, the Nurse Practitioner performs a variety of duties involving clinical healthcare, education, and research activities for the patient population at the Worcester State University Student Health Center.
Responsibilities:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provides comprehensive health care needs of the specific patient population and provide appropriate direct patient care through assessment, diagnosis and treatment of specific conditions. Collaborate with other staff when appropriate.
- Collaborates with department faculty to provide comprehensive care to service specific patients at offsite locations in an ambulatory setting
- Assesses patient's health through history taking and physical examination.
- Responsible for diagnosis, management and appropriate referral of patients within department protocols
- Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests according to established guidelines.
- Completes all patient medical records and insurance billing documents in compliance with established regulatory and assigned worksite guidelines.
- Facilitates and/or coordinates patient care intraand interdepartmentally at work site and outside agencies.
- Develops and provides educational materials and/or programs to patients, families and other health care professionals at work site.
- Assumes formal teaching responsibilities within area of expertise and precepts nurse practitioner students, as appropriate.
- May participate in nursing and/or medical research.
- Participates in defining nursing standards, practices and educational needs of staff who care for the specific patient population.
- Actively participates in the departmental quality assurance program.
- Performs other duties as required
Qualifications:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- MSN and 3 years of progressively responsible nursing experience, or equivalent
- Massachusetts licensed Registered Nurse
- Authorization to practice in the expanded role of a Nurse Practitioner by the Board of Nursing for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Certification from a professional organization as a Practitioner in the appropriate area of specialty
- Physical requirements include near visual acuity to observe changes in health/ illness status of patients. Manual skills required include good eye and hand coordination and manual dexterity
- Ability to travel to offsite locations
Additional Information:
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ambulatory/community health nursing expertise preferred
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