Advanced Practitioner (PRN)

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Job description

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians (PPCP) is the largest independent multi-specialty group practice in South Carolina and has proudly served patients and our communities since 1996. The group is comprised of over 100 clinical providers with a wide range of expertise in primary and specialty care including endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, psychiatry, audiology, and physical therapy. PPCP offers a wide range of services, including a state-of-the-art urgent care clinic, imaging, diagnostics, and labs. The company employs over 500 clinical and non-clinical staff throughout South Carolina and provides exceptional medical care for patients in over 40 offices.

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Offer 401K with generous company match

Position Responsibilities:

Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses. Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA's / NP's scope of work.
Ensure optimal patient care services by leading and coordinating health care delivery of the physician's health team.
Identifies potential medical and surgical problems by conducting physical examinations; recording patient histories; preparing patient workups and summaries; recording normal and abnormal data and tentative conclusions for review by the physician.
Provides direct patient care under indirect physician supervision by coordinating and scheduling appointments; explaining the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of procedures to the patient and/or patient's family; completing laboratory studies; performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Monitors patient progress by carrying-out patient care services; maintaining patient records; consulting with supervising physician when patient's progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria; arranging consultations.
Provides information by participating in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by supervising physician; preparing statistical reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends, and appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
Improves patient care quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.
Serves and protects the facility by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
Updates job knowledge by recommending state-of the-art practices; providing nursing leadership; contributing to professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
Enhances company reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different request; exploring opportunities to add value to patient care and job performance.
Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care.
Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems. Responds to emergencies including use of CPR.
Counsels patient/family on preventive health care.
Documents patient information and care in medical record and may maintain department statistical database for research purposes.
Consistently demonstrate ability to respond to changing situations in a flexible manner in order to meet current needs, such as reprioritizing work as necessary. Minimize non-productive time and fill slow periods with activities that will enable you to prepare to meet the future needs of the System (education, organizing, house - keeping, assisting others). Organize job functions and work area to be able to effectively complete varied assignments within established time frames.
Handling administrative duties, including but not limited to messages, refill request, paper work, forms, past medical record review, etc as directed by supervising physician - for patients managed by supervising physician.
May be required to adjust typical work schedule based on practice needs - ie to cover additional days due to a supervising physician's time out of the office or that of another APP in supervising physician's team.
Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
Other duties as assigned.

Educational/ Experience Requirements:

Physician Assistant: Bachelor's degree and successful completion of accredited physician assistant program.

Nurse Practitioner: Master's degree and certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) based on RN licensure and state authority for advanced practice.

Average 1-6 years of experience.

Other Requirements:

Familiar with variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Nursing Skills, Administering Medication, Performing Diagnostic Procedures, Beside Manner, Dependability, Emotional Control, Teamwork, Verbal Communication. State License also required. Current CPR certificate required.

Advanced Practitioners work in collaboration with a physician to assess the physical/mental needs of the patient and independently participating in the delivery of direct patient care within the scope of authority granted by the State Board of Medical Examiners; ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Reports to a Physician.

EOE

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