We have an opening for a 2-Day/week (PRN) Nurse Practitioner (NP) -OR
– Physician Assistant (PA) to work with our Employer Health Center located in Westlake, TX Premise Health is a leading worksite health and patient engagement company dedicated to improving the cost and quality of employee healthcare.
We believe healthcare should be about helping people get, stay and be well.
That’s our mission and it’s the foundation of everything we do.
With more than 40 years of experience, Premise Health manages 800 worksite-based health and wellness centers across the country.
We serve more than 2,200 of the nation’s leading employers, including a significant number of the Fortune 1000.
Summary: The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant will work a set two (2) days per week (16 hours per week).
Visits will include Acute care, Wellness visits and Travel Medicine.
The Health Center is open Monday-Friday from 7:30am-4pm, and the two (2) days per work the NP works is open/flexible.
Essential Functions: Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines and instructions of Physician.
Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients’ clinical problems and health care needs.
Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient’s condition.
Provides written home-going instructions Collaborates with Physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan as necessary Prescribes or recommends medications or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures Maintains medical records using (In some health centers it may be using Electronic Medical Record software).
May require other duties as assigned.
Refers patients to Physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment.
Additional NP Specific Functions: Educates and coaches nursing staff on best nursing practices.
Additional PA Specific Functions: Performs therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and managing infection.
Develops and implements patient management plans, records progress notes, provides home-going instructions, and assists in provision of continuity of care.
Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, and health maintenance.
If you want to join a team of knowledgeable, compassionate, like-minded healthcare professionals, join Premise Health for an unlimited opportunity with the company that is changing the face and the place of the healthcare industry as we know it.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Basic Qualifications Education: Federal DEA license (matching each state of practice as applicable) State Narcotic/Controlled Substance license if required in your state (Alabama, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Puerto Rico) (New York ROPES registration) CPR (BLS for the Healthcare Provider/Professional Rescuer or ACLS-the copy must include the front and back of card as applicable) Certification must include “hands on” evaluation of skills by the trainer/instructor.
Total on-line courses will not be accepted.
Course must also meet the American Heart Association (AHA) standards but need not be an AHA certificate.
NP Specific Education All RN licenses/certificates to practice All nurse practitioner licenses/certificates to practice State Prescriptive Authority (if applicable) Current national certification (ANCC or AANP required) Master Degree in Science of Nursing (if Master Degree in Science certificate does not state Nursing on it then a copy of transcripts is required) PA Specific Education All state licenses/certification to practice Board of Pharmacy Prescribing License (if applicable, required in NV) Current national certification (NCCPA required) Degree from ARC-PA accredited program Experience: At least three years of clinical experience as a Nurse Practitioner, or as a Physician Assistant, in an ambulatory care, occupational health, family practice or emergency department setting.
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