PA-C or ARNP - PRN

Position Summary

Advanced Practice Providers promote and maintain health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician. They conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, counsel patients and prescribe medication. Care will be provided in a clinic or nursing home setting.

Essential Functions

• Assess patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating and studying medical histories.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms and laboratory studies.
• Interprets diagnostic test results for deviations from normal.
• Make tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients.
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing, managing wounds and infections.
• Instructs and counsels patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of nursing and other support staff.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contribute to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physician directives.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required

• Graduation from an accredited Physician's Assistant Program or Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Work experience: A minimum of one year experience is preferred. Five or more years working as an RN prior to getting PA or NP is preferred.
• Education/Certifications/Licenses: Completion of an accredited PA or NP program is required. Must have an active PA or NP license in the state of Iowa.
• BLS and Mandatory Certification Reporting

Desired Work Traits

• Must be thorough and detail oriented.
• Must be a team player who can work with other clinic staff including physicians, office staff and nurses.
• Communication Skills: Must have excellent communication skills in order to talk to patients and work with physicians.

Equipment/Tools

• Operate office equipment such as computers, printers, copy machine, calculator, or facsimile.
• Able to operate medical equipment needed to exam and treat patients.

Working Conditions

• The physical demands describe here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Vision must be correctable to view computer screens and read printed information.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Hearing must be in the normal range for hearing patients and staff, for telephone contacts and other conversations.