Nurse Practitioner 3549 - Alpha Rae Personnel Inc
Lebanon, OH 45036
About the Job
Searching for a family or adult-gerontology nurse practitioner licensed to work in Ohio with at least one year of working NP experience in a primary care setting or hospital medicine to provide on-site primary care services on a part-time basis to the male population. Schedule is 4 eight-hour shifts/week (no evenings, weekends, or holidays). There is some flexibility in start/end times. Assignment is projected to last 6 months but may be extended based on continued need and mutual agreement. Assignment could lead to consideration for permanent hire.
CLASS TITLE
Correctional / Nurse Practitioner
JOB DUTIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE (These duties are illustrative only. Incumbents may perform some or
all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.)
1. Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure:
a. Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness.
b. Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions &
diagnose new conditions.
c. Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute &
chronically ill patients.
d. Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or
medical issues.
e. Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows.
f. Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional
setting.
g. Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing.
h. Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases.
2. Maintains required medical records:
a. Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines,
policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards.
b. Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters.
c. Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical
quality oversight.
3. Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers.
MINIMUM CLASS QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT
Valid license as Registered Nurse; completion of Nurse Practitioner program & certified by Ohio Board of Nursing for
advanced practice with valid certificate of authority & certificate to prescribe in accordance with ORC 4723.
MAJOR WORKER CHARACTERISTICS
Knowledge of skilled registered nursing procedures; advanced nurse practices; HIPAA regulations; state & federal regulations, policies & procedures related to nursing; human relations; employee training & development; health care services & program management; counseling; interviewing.
CLASS TITLE
Correctional / Nurse Practitioner
JOB DUTIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE (These duties are illustrative only. Incumbents may perform some or
all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.)
1. Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure:
a. Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness.
b. Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions &
diagnose new conditions.
c. Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute &
chronically ill patients.
d. Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or
medical issues.
e. Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows.
f. Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional
setting.
g. Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing.
h. Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases.
2. Maintains required medical records:
a. Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines,
policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards.
b. Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters.
c. Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical
quality oversight.
3. Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers.
MINIMUM CLASS QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT
Valid license as Registered Nurse; completion of Nurse Practitioner program & certified by Ohio Board of Nursing for
advanced practice with valid certificate of authority & certificate to prescribe in accordance with ORC 4723.
MAJOR WORKER CHARACTERISTICS
Knowledge of skilled registered nursing procedures; advanced nurse practices; HIPAA regulations; state & federal regulations, policies & procedures related to nursing; human relations; employee training & development; health care services & program management; counseling; interviewing.
Source : Alpha Rae Personnel Inc