Part-Time Nurse Practitioner

## Description
Provides professional patient care in the office.
**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:**
**Clinical Responsibilities**

• Takes patient history, and records the information in the patients chart.
• Confers with physicians about new patient findings and potential diagnosis and treatment.
• Exercises professional judgment regarding consultation with supervising physicians concerning appropriate treatment.
• Develops and implements patient care plans, instructs and counsels patients, and records progress.
• Prescribes medications to the extent allowable by state guidelines and clinic regulations.
• Provides diagnosis and treatment services to established patients.
• Prescribes medications, treatments, and immunotherapy in accordance with physician protocols.
• Formulates and updates patient care plans; consults with physicians as needed.
• Performs patient education duties; shows immunotherapy videos, hands out brochures, and directs patients to specific Internet sites for more information.
• Acts as backup and puts patients in rooms as needed.
• Transmits prescription requests to pharmacy; documents action in patient chart and obtains physician signature of approval.
• Oversees appointment bookings and ensures emergency situations are scheduled appropriately; maintains timely flow of patients
• Returns patient phone messages at designated times throughout the day; documents action taken in patient chart.
• Triages incoming telephone calls; instructs patient and family regarding treatment instruction, then documents action taken in patient chart.
• Completes all assigned AP training (such as CPR, OSHA, HIPAA, Compliance, Information Security, others) within designated timeframes.
• Complies with Allergy Partners and respective hub/department policies and reports incidents of policy violations to a Supervisor/Manager/Director, Department of Compliance & Privacy or via the AP EthicsPoint hotline.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
• **COMPENSATION INFORMATION**

• Actual compensation may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

## Qualifications
**EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:**

• NP degree required.
• Current licensure maintained.

**QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:**

• At least two years of experience in a physician office or hospital.
• Ability to make independent decisions about patient care.
• Experience diagnosing and treating patients.
• Working knowledge of managed care basics, and experience working with a managed care and Medicare population.
• Comfortable using email and interacting with Internet applications.
• Knowledge of practice management and word processing software.
• Good communication skills.
• Neat, professional appearance.