Nurse Practitioner

Provides professional patient care in the office.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Clinical Responsibilities

• Takes patient history, and records the information in the patients chart.

• Confers with physicians about new patient findings and potential diagnosis and treatment.

• Exercises professional judgment regarding consultation with supervising physicians concerning appropriate treatment.

• Develops and implements patient care plans, instructs and counsels patients, and records progress.

• Prescribes medications to the extent allowable by state guidelines and clinic regulations.

• Provides diagnosis and treatment services to established patients.

• Prescribes medications, treatments, and immunotherapy in accordance with physician protocols.

• Formulates and updates patient care plans; consults with physicians as needed.

• Performs patient education duties; shows immunotherapy videos, hands out brochures, and directs patients to specific Internet sites for more information.

• Acts as backup and puts patients in rooms as needed.

• Transmits prescription requests to pharmacy; documents action in patient chart and obtains physician signature of approval.

• Oversees appointment bookings and ensures emergency situations are scheduled appropriately; maintains timely flow of patients

• Returns patient phone messages at designated times throughout the day; documents action taken in patient chart.

• Triages incoming telephone calls; instructs patient and family regarding treatment instruction, then documents action taken in patient chart.

• Completes all assigned AP training (such as CPR, OSHA, HIPAA, Compliance, Information Security, others) within designated timeframes.

• Complies with Allergy Partners and respective hub/department policies and reports incidents of policy violations to a Supervisor/Manager/Director, Department of Compliance & Privacy or via the AP EthicsPoint hotline.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

COMPENSATION INFORMATION

• Actual compensation may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Qualifications

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• NP degree required

• Current licensure maintained. (Must be licensed to treat all ages).

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• At least two years of experience in a physician office or hospital.

• Ability to make independent decisions about patient care.

• Experience diagnosing and treating patients.

• Working knowledge of managed care basics, and experience working with a managed care and Medicare population.

• Comfortable using email and interacting with Internet applications.

• Knowledge of practice management and word processing software.

• Good communication skills.

• Neat, professional appearance.