The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant is responsible for providing quality care to patients while under the supervision of a licensed physician.
These duties and responsibilities described below represent the general tasks performed on a daily basis; other tasks may be assigned.
Practice medicine within the scope of license, training, and credentialing
Practice medicine in accordance with the current standards of care
Practice medicine in accordance with the quality criteria adopted by the Medical Staff Bylaws
Promote a safety-conscious workplace
Evaluate and follow up with patients
Complete patient charting and all required paperwork in a timely manner
Participate in the development and/or review of office policies and support the Practice Manager in their duties
Demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care appropriate to the age of the patients served by demonstrating a strong working knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span
Communicate appropriately with the person served, regardless of age
Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services
Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care
Qualifications: Toperformthisjobsuccessfully,anindividual mustbeabletoperform eachessentialduty satisfactorily. Therequirementslistedbelowarerepresentativeoftheknowledge,skill,and/orability.
Reasonable accommodations may bemade toenable individualswith disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EducationandExperience
Minimum Required Education: Graduation froman accredited Physician's Assisting programwith successful completion of theNationalCertifying Examination administered by theNational Commission ofPhysician Assistants (NCCPA) or graduation froman accredited Nurse Practitioner programwith successful completion of the National Certifying Examination.
PreferredEducation:Notapplicable
Experience: 2+yearsasaPhysicianAssistant,orNursePractitioner,ispreferred
Certificates, Licenses.Registrations
Applicant mustpossess acurrent,unrestricted licenseto work asa NursePractitioner/PhysicianAssistant intheCommonwealthofVirginiaand/ortheStateofNorthCarolina,acurrentDEAcertificationwithout restrictions,and BLS