Nurse Practitioner

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner
Status: Non-Exempt, Part-Time
Job Summary:
The nurse practitioner will be responsible for providing regularly scheduled adult primary and preventive patient care, urgent care services and comprehensive education for patients with diabetes.
Job Duties:

1. For regularly scheduled patients, performs complete history and physical exams, orders diagnostic tests, and prescribes appropriate treatment, consulting with the Medical Director as needed.
2. Provides coverage on the phone or in person for health center patients that require urgent care, including, initial assessment, treatment, and triage.
3. Respond to phone calls from established health center patients seeking advice or medication refills.
4. Serve as backup in case of absence of the Nurse Manager; including oversight of patient flow and direct nurses during the clinical sessions.
5. Assist in the tracking of patient care follow up.
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