Primary Care - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Augusta

Responsibilities

• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
• Reviews normal and abnormal diagnostic tests and takes appropriate action according to the individuals scope of practice.
• Participates in research by serving as a Primary Investigator or Sub-Investigator in clinical trials and registries.
• Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, and records the data in the patient’s record; writes progress notes; prepares patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtains psycho-social history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Orders and interprets laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explains necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
• Obtains written patient consents and communicates with experts and communicates with experts as needed.
• Carries out therapeutic procedures such as cast application and removal, wound suturing and dressing changes; monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patient's progress, consulting with supervising physician when patients progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.
• Makes diagnoses and formulates a treatment plan for patients.
• Provides patient education on their disease state, as well as healthy living recommendations.
• Performs follow-up exams after procedures, hospitalizations, surgeries, etc.
• Provides clinical expertise and serves as a resource for office clinical staff in physicians' absence.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education Required: Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Masters degree in Nursing, OR graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board.
• Minimum Experience Required: None.
• Minimum Licensure/Certification Required: By Law Licensed Physician Assistant in the State of Georgia. OR Licensed for Advanced Practice Nursing (ACNP, FNP, WHNP).
• Additional Qualifications: CPR/ACLS