APP PRN Float (NP Or PA) (58582)

This is a PRN Role

The Circle the City Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner provides high quality holistic health care as an integral part of a dynamic interdisciplinary team. Care is provided in multiple settings including the innovative Medical Respite Center, Parsons Family Health Center, Downtown Family Health Center, the mobile medical unit, and street outreach sites.

Essential duties:

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assessing patient health by interviewing patients, performing examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Collaborating and consulting with physicians as needed in the provision of care and the formulation of treatment plans.
• Determining abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results.
• Instructing and counseling patients by describing therapeutic regimens; promotes wellness and health maintenance.
• Documenting patient care services by charting patient and department records.
• Providing continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans and care transitions.
• Maintaining a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protecting patients and employees by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
• Complying with federal, state, and local legal professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
• Ability to work as a collaborative member of the healthcare team.