Nurse Practitioner - Orthopedics - Total Joint - Columbia

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Job Summary

Provides primary health care to a specific patient population within the guidelines of written protocols. Follows established nursing standards, procedures, and practices.

Accountabilities

• Engages in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, defects or injuries and recommend or prescribe treatments for the relief or cure of physical, mental or functional ailments or defects.
• Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence and assorted paperwork that is required for purposes of documenting care and billing.
• Participates in physician educational programs provided by Employer relative to capitated medicine and its implications on physician practice patterns.
• Participates in responding to requests for proposals for managed care contracts.

Participates in :

Establishment of quality assurance programs

Establishment of utilization management programs

Selection of management information systems

Development of patient education services

Development of patient satisfaction surveys

• Assists in the development of operational and capital budgets.
• Participates in operational assessments in search of revenue enhancement, expense reductions, consolidation efficiencies and billing opportunities.

General Job Expectations :

Maintain courteous and cooperative working relationships with all levels of management and employees, physicians, patients, guarantors and the general public.

Participates in activities that would further the public's image of the Employer.

Supervisory / Management Responsibility

This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

Master's Degree in Nursing; Nurse Practitioner Degree Emphasis or Program Certificate equivalent.

Required Certifications / Registrations / Licenses

• South Carolina Official Recognition Nurse Practitioner - NLNP
• Prescriptive Authority South Carolina Nursing License
• South Carolina Controlled Substance license; Federal DEA license

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Richland-14MP

Facility

3424 Orthopedics Total Joint

Department

34241000 Orthopedics Total Joint-Practice Operations

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