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. (Must be licensed to treat all ages).

### **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.