Nurse Practitioner NP Primary Care
Company: Baylor Scott & White Health
Location: Flower Mound
Posted on: January 24, 2023
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Job Description:
Baylor Scott & White Health has an opening for a Nurse
Practitioner to join our Primary Care team in Flower Mound,
Texas.Our facilities have national and regional recognition by U.S.
News & World Report - a reflection of our talent and commitment to
advanced quality care that is safe and compassionate.We are looking
for a committed team player with a favorable work/ training
history. The ideal candidate should be focused on quality, and be
able to effectively collaborate with referring physicians, agencies
and other professionals to provide optimum patient care within our
award-winning integrated health care system.JOB SUMMARYThe Nurse
Practitioner of Primary Care is a licensed, certified,
non-physician healthcare provider who actively renders direct
patient care and possesses delegated prescriptive authority, is
credentialed and privileged, and whose service is billed as an
independent billing provider. The Nurse Practitioner is recognized
by Medicare and Medicaid within the healthcare systems, and in
accordance with the appropriate board. The Nurse Practitioner
provides medical care based upon the scope of practice as
delineated by the supervising physician. These providers typically
provide care to patients in an internal medicine, family medicine,
geriatric or pediatric clinic.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLEThe
Nurse Practitioner of Primary Care assesses the physical and mental
condition of patients by performing and obtaining comprehensive,
problem- focused physical examinations, medical histories and
prescribes, recommends and employs medical drug therapies or other
forms of related therapeutic treatments. The Nurse Practitioner
implements comprehensive patient treatment plans based on patient
assessments, evidence-based medicine, standards of care,
professional practice guidelines and in collaboration with
physicians and other interdisciplinary team members when
appropriate. In addition, the Nurse Practitioner counsels patients
and families regarding medical processes, management of the health
illness, condition, medication, nutrition, and health promotion and
possible side effects or interactions with other substances such as
food supplements, over the counter medications and herbal remedies.
This position also performs invasive procedures specific to scope
of practice as delegated by the collaborating Physician.KEY SUCCESS
FACTORSThe ideal candidate must have knowledge of information and
techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases,
and deformities, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and
mental dysfunctions and have strong verbal, written, communication,
interpersonal, problem solving, critical thinking and computer
software application skills. The ideal candidate must have the
ability to develop and implement comprehensive outcomes-based
patient treatment plans, counsel patients and evaluate laboratory
and other diagnostic tests.The ideal candidate must be a graduate
of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.OTHER DETAILS
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