Family Nurse Practitioner

Company: Northeast Healthcare Recruitment, Inc. (NEHCR)
Location: Oro Valley
Posted on: March 15, 2023

Job Description:

We are seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner to join our
team in Casa Grande, Arizona. Compensation:$93,600Detail:

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• Examines
  patients, takes medical history, records results, and makes preliminary
  diagnosis of disease, illness, and injury and decides care plan, or
  follow-up procedures.
  
• Assesses
  patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations,
  obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories
  
• Identifies
  short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed,
  provide information, and recommend options and course of action
  
• Orders
  diagnostic tests such as X-rays, electrocardiograms, and blood work, and
  interprets test results
  
• Performs
  therapeutic procedures, such as immunizations, injections, suturing and
  wound care, and managing infection
  
• Instructs
  and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens and promoting
  wellness and health maintenance
  
• Provides
  continuity of care by developing and implementing patient care plans,
  instructing and counseling patients, and recording progress
  
• Works
  in triage and makes decisions on patient care needs
  
• Maintains
  outpatient records by documenting patient care services
  
• Record
  statistics, conduct research, and compile reports as deemed necessary by
  the organization
  
• Performs
  referrals to specialists as needed, writes prescriptions for medications
  and equipment, and performs office procedures within the scope of
  expertise, protocols, and available equipment
  
• Provides
  general health education regarding matters such as proper diet, family
  planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance
  
• Assists
  physician, as required, for emergency treatment and procedures that are
  more complex
  
• Instructs
  nurses, medical assistants, back office assistants regarding assistance
  with patient care
  Education:
  • 
    
  • Successful
    completion of an approved nurse practitioner or physician assistant
    program
    
  • Current
    approval by the Joint Board of Medical Examiners and Board of Nursing to
    perform medical acts
    
  • Must
    be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in Arizona
    
  • ADN,
    AAS degree required, master's degree preferred

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