Nurse Practitioner Surgery Center

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Functions as part of the healthcare team utilizing advanced education, skills, and judgment to deliver advanced nursing care and achieve optimal patient outcomes through critical analysis, problem solving and evidence-based decision making.  Collaborates with a multidisciplinary care team to improve outcomes and ensure the safe and effective delivery of patient care.

 Provides clinical and administrative oversight and direction of the clinic in the absence of the immediate Supervisor. 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Utilizes advanced education, skills and judgment to appropriately assess patient needs, deliver advanced quality nursing care and achieve optimal patient outcomes for patients. 


* Obtains patient history, performs appropriate physical exams, orders, interprets and evaluates diagnostic tests and lab values to identify and assess patient’s health care needs. 


* Observes patient, records physical findings, documents condition and reaction to drugs, treatments and significant incidents and formulates a plan and prognosis based on patient’s condition.


* Prescriptive authority to prescribe and order medications as needed.


* Collects and monitors patient outcomes on an ongoing basis and develops an appropriate plan of care for each patient.


* Assure patient’s need for immediate and/or emergent care is handled promptly and appropriately.


* Provide patient education by promoting blood pressure management, medication adherence, self-care management and establishing a close working relationship with primary healthcare providers.


* Provides clinical and administrative oversight, supervision and direction of the clinic in the absence of the Clinic Manager as needed ensuring safe and effective delivery of patient care in compliance with standards outlined in the facility procedure manual.


* Enters pertinent patient clinical data into ACUMEN as received from MD office or other providers.


* Provides clinical feedback to referring MDs when appropriate, to include notifying MD of any problem or abnormality beyond the normal scope of her/his practice.


* Serves as a liaison and arranges referrals providing detailed patient information as needed.


* Ensures patient admission packets are completed on every patient.


* Ensures information is entered accurately on billing log daily and submitted to the appropriate billing group.


* Participates in monthly CQI/QAI activities, leads the meeting in the absence of the Medical Director as needed.


* Remains up-to-date and current on advances and trends in care treatment, guidelines, policies and procedures.  Ensures new procedures, treatments and procedures is disseminated to the members of the MDT.


* Other duties as assigned.

Additional responsibilities may include focus on one or more departments or locations.  See applicable addendum for department or location specific functions.

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