Nurse Practitioner PRN

Job Summary

This position has options to cover shifts on-campus in SLC, as well as various sites along the Wasatch Front potentially including Ogden, SLC & Provo. This position offers the opportunity to cover on-call hours for additional pay.

Responsibilities

• Perform a comprehensive physical examination to identify the normal and abnormal changes associated with health, injury and /or disease states.
• Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic procedures and tests, as indicated by the history and physical examination, for acute and common primary care conditions.
• Develop differential diagnoses on the basis of clinical and laboratory data.
• Differentiate common primary care problems and other deviations from normal.
• Recognize emergency situations and initiate emergency care/triage.
• Provide for general health needs of patients, including health promotion, maintenance, and restoration.
• Initiate health promotion and disease prevention strategies that consider the individual's age, developmental status, disability, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
• Provide individualized client teaching and counseling in respect to current identified problem, disease states and social/cultural situation.
• Complies with medical records policies regarding the complete and accurate documentation of patient care.
• Initiates and maintains required records and legal documents.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Functions as preceptor for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Utah.
• Licensure is obtained by completing a Master's degree in Nursing or equivalency (the only equivalency to the Master's degree is current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner).
• National Certification which requires the successful completion of a nationally accredited examination.
• Utah State prescriptive privileges.

Preferred Certification

• ACLS/BLS/NRP/ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria.