Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant ~ Family Medicine/Primary Care
Coordinates the comprehensive health care needs providing appropriate direct patient care through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in a Family Medicine/Primary Care setting.
Responsibilities
Assesses patient's physical and psychosocial health/illness status through history taking and physical examination.
Practices within the collaborative model with physicians, nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists.
Diagnoses, manages, and appropriately refers patients with acute, episodic, or chronic illness according to department protocols.
Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests according to established guidelines.
Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.