Supervisor Nurse Practitioner

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Provide high quality patient care within the scope of training and education.

Assess patient care plans and provides comprehensive patient care independently or in autonomous collaboration with other health professionals.

Cooperates with other health care personnel to coordinate patient care and establish mutual goals.

Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Demonstrate and fosters a commitment to patient satisfaction and teamwork.  Supervision of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants (Advanced Practitioners), training and clear direction to the clinical team, helping develop and communicate FMCNA's vision and expectations of the group as well as enforce policies and procedures.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

CLINICAL CARE RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Collects data to support patient assessment including taking vital signs, social history, chief complaint and current concerns


* Alerts physician to any patient complaints, especially those that are, life threatening


* Supports clinical functions to prepare patient for examination, treatment or procedure


* Calls pharmacy refills and patient callbacks as directed by office protocol and as directed by a physician


* Document all calls, correspondence and encounters with patient within established guidelines


* Utilizing the nursing process, assesses the patient's condition, learning needs in regard to their health care, provides education as directed by regarding treatment, special diets, medication, follow-up diagnostic tests and healthy lifestyle information


* Round on patients in a dialysis setting on designated schedule


* Provide care for hospitalized patients: Assess, diagnose and treat patients in the acute hospital setting with the assistance and under the direction of the supervising physician.


* Administers prescribed medications and treatments as directed by physician in accordance with the nursing standards.


* Provide CKD care: Assess, diagnose, and treat patients in the CKD setting under the direction and supervision of the physician when possible and independently if needed and states nursing scope of practice allows


* Performs procedures and treatments, within the scope of their training and experience, as ordered by the physician following established protocols and appropriately documents outcomes in the patient record


* Triage emergency and non-emergency phone calls with appropriate destinations (i.e.: Emergency Department etc), documents according to protocols


* Participate and lead the development of clinical protocols in obtaining, preparation and transport of specimens for diagnostic tests as ordered by the physician and using universal precaution guidelines


* Observes, records and reports patient's condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to physician


* Assists in the coordination of patient transfers to hospital (direct admissions)


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