Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner

Company: Integrity Locums
Location: Houston
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

Coverage Needed

• December 26-30, 2024 Schedule
  • Thursday: 12/26- 9am - 6pm (1 hour lunch)
  • Friday: 12/27- 7am - 1pm
  • Monday: 12/30- 7am - 5pm (1 hour lunch) Clinical Details
    • Focus on prevention, wellness, and maintenance of health in partnership with patients
    • Evaluating, treating, and educating patients in a clinic setting
    • Under the collaboration of a physician, performs professional medical work in the examination, diagnosis, and treatment of patients according to statutory limitations
    • Examines and diagnoses patients and develops treatment plans
    • Performs testing, refers to physicians as needed, writes prescriptions, and performs administrative procedures within their scope and licensure of expertise, protocols, and available equipment
    • Provides comprehensive clinical patient care through interviewing, examining and treating associates and their dependents in order to meet their health and wellness needs
    • Prescribes appropriate medical treatment and clinical medications for patients and orders studies, tests and ancillary care services as required
    • Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition, with documentation in the medical record
    • Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent
    • Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients' clinical problems and health care needs
    • Regularly reviews chronic medical conditions that require ongoing medical attention by accessing available registry tools Requirements
      • Completed master's degree level Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant program from an accredited college/university
      • Minimum three (3) years primary care practice experience
      • Experience working with an EMR
      • Experience working with pediatric patients in some locations
      • May require phlebotomy
      • Current CPR (BLS) certification or must be obtained within 60 days of hire
      • NPI & DEA
      • Current National Board Certification
      • Bilingual Spanish - a plus
      • Active TX License

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