Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner– Mays & Schnapp Neurospine and Pain

About the role

Mays & Schnapp is seeking a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to diagnose pain conditions and develop appropriate, individualized care plans using a multidisciplinary treatment approach. This position requires a thorough understanding of and active participation in fulfilling the organization’s mission of helping those suffering from chronic pain. The employee is expected to demonstrate behavior consistent with the organization’s core values and support the Center’s strategic plan.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competence related to the application of our core values and practices all facets of health and safety.
• Promotes and maintains patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician.
• Contributes to a physician’s efficiency by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues, recommending options and courses of action for patient care, and implementing physician directives.
• Assesses 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 and laboratory studies, and interpreting test results.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Performs therapeutic procedures, including the safe and appropriate administration of injections.
• Instructs and counsels patients by providing normal growth and development information and counseling on emotional problems of daily living.
• Provides a community of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Complies with applicable laws and regulations, Mays & Schnapp Code of Conduct, policies and procedures, and compliance training program.
• Practices within relevant Standards of Care and Professional Conduct, and executes appropriate (Tennessee and/or Mississippi) Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant Protocol.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant Program (Master’s Level).
• Must hold an unencumbered state license and maintain licensure in good standing, fulfilling required CME/CEU hours.

Skills

• Development and maintenance of effective relationships with medical and administrative staff, patients, and the public.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
• Ability to remain calm and poised in urgent situations.
• Skill in exercising initiative, judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• Analysis of complex disease processes and ability to set priorities to avoid crisis management.
• Excellent communication skills, health promotion and maintenance, clinical skills, and ability to work with the interdisciplinary team.
• Physiological knowledge, medication, and chronic pain management.

Physical Requirements

• Work requires little or no physical effort; light physical exertion is intermittent.

Environmental Conditions

• Work is performed under normal working conditions as in a normal practice environment.
• Must be able to work under pressure.