Job Description
Job Description
Description :
- FLSA Status – Exempt
- EEO Category – Professional
Our Mission : To improve lives by providing convenient, comprehensive, high-quality healthcare to every person in every community that we serve.
Our Vision : CCHN will maintain its position as the leading community health center in the state and become a model for all other healthcare organizations to follow.
MAJOR FUNCTION :
Provides nursing care within the scope of a NJ licensed Nurse Practitioner
Assess the bio / psycho / social / spiritual health status of individual clients and families through history taking, data collection, and physical examAssists staff nurses to facilitate care for walk-in patientsCompletes accurate documentation according to site specific standardsWorks in collaboration with staff, physicians, allied health professionals, and others to implement the patients plan of careProvides pharmacological care within the scope of a NJ Certified Nurse Practitioner
Participates in annual update of joint practice protocols as per NJ Board of Nursing guidelinesPrescribes or make judgments regarding pharmacologic agents and therapeutic devicesDispenses / Administers / Prescribes medications according to policy & protocolProvides nurse practitioner care within the scope of a NJ Certified Nurse Practitioner
Recognizes and manages deviations from healthRecognizes patients whose problem is out of scope of practice and obtain appropriate careOrders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests orderedFollows up on laboratory and diagnostic tests orderedCommunicates with patient to arrive at mutually agreed upon plan of care to include actual and potential health problems, both medical and nursing in natureEvaluation and revision of patient plan of care is ongoingProvides health education
Informs, teaches and guides clients / families to assume responsibility for management of their own healthIndividualizes education to facilitate patient independence and optimize patient self careEducates patients on pharmacological agents, therapeutic devices, laboratory or diagnostic testingPromotes health education for groups of patients, families, staff, agencies, communities, and organizations pertinent to area of specialty as appropriate to programProvides referral and case management
Refers patients to internal resources according to program standards, protocol, or physician consultationRefers patients for specialty care as per program standards, protocol, or physician consultationRefers patients to primary care as appropriateFollows up on referrals according to site specific standardsCase manages client care according to program standards and patients plan of careRequirements : QUALIFICATIONS :
Unrestricted license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner from the State Board of Nurses for New Jersey and official recognition from the same State Board to practice as a Nurse PractitionerEmployee shall maintain registration including prescriptive authorization with the New Jersey Board of medical Examiners,Maintain Board CertificationMaintain Active CPRAbility to stand, swift waling, lifting, moving patients as neededThe above job description is not to be construed as a complete listing of the assignments that may be given to any employee, nor are such assignments restricted to those precisely listed in the description.
