AICA - NP-C Nurse Practitioner

4 weeks ago


North Decatur, United States AICA Orthopedics Full time
Job Description

NP-C Nurse Practitioner

With the supervision of the Physician, the NP-C will perform complete histories and physicals on a patient to establish and record the patient's current health status, to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan, and to provide continuing medical care. The role will provide outpatient-based care to patients with acute health conditions. The NP will practice in a setting that requires the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to manage acute painful conditions.

Position Duties:

  • Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of acute pain source, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former clinic patients to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan with direct review by a physician
  • Must be able to work with autonomy within state law, under the direction of supervising physician
  • Performs and interprets, at least to the point of recognizing deviations from the normal, common laboratory, radiological, and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes
  • Performs routine procedures such as trigger point and major joint injections
  • Educates patients regarding their treatment plan
  • Familiarity with interventional pain management procedures performed by the pain management physician, including spinal and joint injections
  • Assists with record keeping, completes appropriate patient medical chart documentation, transcribes lab data and routine correspondence, as directed and reviewed by a physician
  • Refers patients to physicians as appropriate for consultation or for specialized interventional pain procedures or to surgeons for surgical intervention
  • Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team or with other specialty areas as necessary
  • Participates in quality monitoring through the review of records and treatment plans for patient outcomes on a periodic basis to assure quality care
  • Demonstrates a high standard of moral and ethical behavior. Demonstrates compassion and professionalism and a commitment to excellent patient care
Position Expectations:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience:
  • Graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner Program with a master's degree in nursing
  • A minimum of 1-2-year Interventional pain management experience preferred
  • A minimum of 1-2 years of orthopedic experience preferred
  • Must have current state (Georgia) licensure and physician assistant or nurse practitioner certification
  • Must have prescriptive authority for licensure and current DEA license to prescribe
  • Proficient at trigger point injections
  • Proficient at ordering Interventional Spine Procedures
  • Current ACLS and BLS license
  • Demonstrated competency and the ability to perform advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan development and invasive procedures as per clinical privileges.
Communication Skills:
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Good verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to maintain good relationships with providers and coworkers
  • Ability to effectively give and receive information from patients, providers, and other clinic employees
Reasoning Ability:
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to manage time efficiently
Computer Skills:
  • Prior experience with EMR required, working knowledge of NextGen a plus
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
  • PC proficiency and data entry skills
Physical Demands:
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
  • The employee frequently is required to stand and occasionally sit
  • The employee is occasionally required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel
  • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision
Functional: Clinic

Reports To : Clinic Director

Salary: Hourly ; Exempt

Bonus Potential: Per KPI Metrics



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