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Advanced Practice Practitioner

Contentnea Health

#DEA Licensure #BLS Certification #Physician Assistant #EHR #North Carolina Board of Nursing #Outpatient Care #Clinical Quality Measures #Community Health Center

Quick overview

Provide comprehensive outpatient medical care, including conducting physical exams, documenting patient history, and prescribing medications. Participate in quality improvement projects and maintain on-call availability for patient care.

Requirements summary

Must hold current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant in North Carolina. Requires a current DEA license and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

professional certificatepostgraduate degreeElectronic Health RecordsPatient EducationMedical DocumentationPhysical ExaminationPatient CounselingPrescription ManagementClinical Quality ImprovementOutpatient Medical Care

Job description

Company Overview Contentnea Health is a Community Health Center providing comprehensive medical, dental and behavioral health services for members of our communities in Greene, Pitt and Pamlico counties in eastern North Carolina.
Job Summary Provides outpatient medical care in partnership with one or more supervising physicians.
Responsibilities and Duties Practices medical care for each patient visit.
Completes pertinent history and physical exam.
Documents chief complaint, history of present illness, pertinent review of systems, and physical exam in electronic health record (“EHR”).
Reviews and updates past medical history, family history, social history, medications, and allergies in EHR.
Reviews vital signs.
Reviews results and reports from prior orders.
Places new orders.
Performs and documents procedures.
Administers medications and immunizations.
Determines and documents assessment and plan.
Prescribes medications.
Provides patient education, guidance, and counseling.
Arranges plan for follow-up.
Signs EHR encounter within timelines in established policies and procedures.
Responds to related patient questions or needs which arise following encounter.
Adheres to established scheduling templates in provision of patient care.
Participates in quality metrics directives and departmental quality improvement (QI) projects.
Attends practitioners’ meetings regularly.
Attends clinical site meetings regularly.
Attends practice-wide meetings regularly.
Reads emails and other platforms of communication within organization.
Completes peer review.
Complies with Clinical Quality Measures expectations.
Uses resources to verify standards of care.
Modifies workflows as determined by department to attain QI objectives.
Consistently documents activities related to QI projects.
3.
Participates in on-call patient rotation. a.
Maintains availability to receive phone calls throughout dates of on-call service. b.
Responds to on-call contact within timelines in established policies and procedures. c.
Documents on-call patient care in EHR. d.
Notifies patient's primary care physician of on-call patient care. Qualifications and Skills Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in good standing with the North Carolina Board of Nursing or current licensure as a Physician Assistant in good standing with the North Carolina Medical Board.
Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) licensure.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

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