Nurse Practitioner
SignatureCare Emergency Center · Houston, TX · 4 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
About the role
The ideal candidate will be a licensed nurse practitioner with at least 5 years of experience in emergency care.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate new patient consultations and health history reviews
- Perform physical examinations and screenings of patients
- Order and administer tests, including blood work
- Review and interpret test results
- Detect changes in patient condition
- Diagnose health problems
- Administer medications
- Operate medical equipment
- Recommend further treatment options or future appointments if needed
- Provide referrals to other practitioners when necessary
- Provide after-care/ongoing care information and resources to patients and their families
- Ensure patient records are kept up to date, including test results, immunizations, condition changes, etc.
- Consult with other healthcare professionals as needed
- Deliver quality, physician-level care while complying with company policies, safety regulations, and productivity metrics
Qualifications
- A master’s degree in nursing is required
- A current state nurse practitioner license is required
- Minimum 2+ years ER experience required
- A strong knowledge base of HIPAA and OSHA is required
- Strong interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written
- A patient, compassionate nature
- Ability to operate as part of a team, alongside physicians and other nurses
- Proficiency in medical instruments and equipment
- Must be familiar with the EHR medical charting system
- Proficiency in computer-based data management programs and information systems is preferred
- Prescriptive authorization (will be provided if needed)
- Disease prevention knowledge is required
Requirements
- A master’s degree in nursing is required
- A current state nurse practitioner license is required
- Minimum 2+ years ER experience required
- A strong knowledge base of HIPAA and OSHA is required
- Strong interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written
- A patient, compassionate nature
- Ability to operate as part of a team, alongside physicians and other nurses
- Proficiency in medical instruments and equipment
- Must be familiar with the EHR medical charting system
- Proficiency in computer-based data management programs and information systems is preferred
- Prescriptive authorization (will be provided if needed)
- Disease prevention knowledge is required