Primary Care NP/PA

Company: Adelphi Medical Staffing, LLC
Location: Spruce Pine
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Family Practice/Primary Care opening in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. This and other physician assistant jobs brought to you by DocCafe

Adelphi is seeking a nurse practitioner (NP)/physician assistant (PA) to provide services at a correctional facility in North Carolina.

Summary:

•Profession: Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant
•Specialty: Correctional Medicine/Psychiatry/Urgent Care/Primary Care/IM/EM/FM
•Location: Spruce Pine, NC
•Service Setting: Outpatient
•Facility Type: Correctional
•Job Type: Contract
•Start Date: ASAP
•Contract Length: Ongoing
•Shift Schedule: 32hrs per week

Requirements:
•NC License
•DEA certification
•BLS certification
•ACLS certification
•NP Certification

Responsibilities:
•Perform vital signs and appropriate medical history.
•Perform independent assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of all illnesses and trauma.
•Refer patients to the clinical director for conditions beyond the scope of training and experience of the nurse practitioner.
•Manage chronic health problems.
•Prescribe indicated medications as directed through utilizing the Soldiers' Home Policy and Procedures.
•Prescribe narcotics and controlled substances as directed by the physician.
•Administer authorized immunizations.
•Provide counseling and guidance to patients on issues relating to drugs, diet, weight control, effects of prescribed medications, and treatments.
•Order and interpret laboratory tests, X-rays, electrocardiograms, audiograms, and perform tympanometry.
•Perform physical exams.
•Perform all other required services within a scope of practice that is consistent with the Nurse Practice Act of the State of North Carolina.

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