Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner Remote (Pt) Evenings/Weekends - Fall Start Date

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Order and interpret diagnostic tests as needed
• Manage pediatric and adult patients for both acute and chronic conditions
• Request consultation or referral with other health care providers when appropriate
• Counsel and educate patients
• Determine, plan, and initiate appropriate treatment, and adjust treatment if necessary
• Prescribe medications
• Evaluate response to treatments and medications
• Create patient care plans and contribute to existing care plans
• Scheduling flexibility to include evenings and weekends
• Document medical information of patients and review patient history at each visit
• Function independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical examinations
• Provide administrative support or cross-coverage for reviewing laboratory test results and prescription clarifications
• Actively maintain knowledge of current medical research and trends
• Provide preventative care

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to function within an integrated medical practice
• Ability to obtain both RN and NP licensure in additional states
• Comfortable with technology
• Strong written and interpersonal skills
• Outstanding clinical expertise

Education and Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• 3+ years of clinical experience in a family practice setting
• Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Licensure
• Licensed Nurse Practitioner who also maintains an active RN license
• Graduate of Master’s Degree level accredited Family Nurse Practitioner Program

Shift Obligations:

• Averages 20 hours/week or 40 hours per pay period. This would include two eight hour shifts every other weekend of rotating one weekend on and one weekend off, and the remaining hours to be worked throughout the week.
• The shifts will be evening shifts in the hours of 4pm and forward.