Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Opportunity- Podiatry- Roy UT Area
Company: SourceMD
Location: Roy
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
Description: Nurse Practitioner needed for Podiatry(Foot and
Ankle) practice in Roy, Utah. Full-Time hours.Duties:
- Contribute to physician's effectiveness by identifying
short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be
addressed, providing information and commentary pertinent to
deliberations, recommending options and courses of action, and
implementing physician directives.
- Assess patient health by interviewing patients; performing
physical examinations; and obtaining, updating, and reviewing
medical histories.
- Determine abnormal conditions by administering or ordering
diagnostic tests such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, laboratory,
and other needed studies.
- Interpret test results of diagnostic tests.
- Document patient care services by charting in patient and
department records.
- Perform therapeutic procedures by administering injections and
immunizations, suturing, and managing wounds and infections.
- Instruct and counsel patients by describing therapeutic
regimens, giving normal growth and development information,
discussing family coordination, providing counseling on emotional
problems of daily living, and promoting wellness and health
maintenance.
- Develop and implement patient management plans.
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with
procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control
policies and protocols.
- Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional
requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing
adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed
actions.
- Maintain confidentiality of patient records and
employee/co-worker information.
- Provide care and education in all areas of lower extremity care
including sports medicine, surgical, palliative care, wound care,
trauma, pediatrics, geriatrics, and infectious
disease.Qualifications:
- Master's degree in nursing. Evidence of completion of an NP
program and Utah State Licensure required.
- Proficient in reading and interpreting documents such as safety
rules, operating and maintenance instructions, medical history
notes, and procedure manuals. Able to write routine reports and
correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or
employees.
- Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out
instructions in written, oral, or diagram form. Also able to deal
with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized
situations.
- Effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously with frequent
interruptions.
- Previous experience including applicable rotations, wound care
experience, and/or job shadowing/clerkship preferred.Contact us
today for more details.
Keywords: SourceMD, Bountiful , Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Opportunity- Podiatry- Roy UT Area, Healthcare , Roy, Utah
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