Nurse Practitioner - Exciting Challenge

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner

Department/Location: Clinical Operations

Reports to: Physician Owner

FLSA Status: Exempt

Direct Reports: n/a

Company Overview

At Consensus Health, we believe better healthcare begins with a community of strong, independent providers delivering high quality, compassionate patient care with improved outcomes. As New Jersey’s fasting growing independent medical group, Consensus Health offers full clinical and operational integration with our value-based care programs, enabling providers to transform the healthcare delivery experience. In addition, Consensus Health owns and manages New Jersey’s oldest Independent Physician Association (“IPA”) with over 1,000 providers throughout the state. At Consensus Health we believe in fostering an environment of collaboration, participation, and respect. A cornerstone of that belief is a commitment to attracting talented and dedicated team members who work together for the common purpose of providing clinical excellence.

Consensus is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talented people who are passionate about helping physicians and their staff deliver better care to patients and whose values align with ours. We empower our employees to bring the right solutions forward to strengthen the relationship between providers and patients and ensure that our staff are well served.

Position Summary

Promotes and maintains health by providing medical services to medical office patients under the supervision of a physician.

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Physical exams, consultations, and referrals.

• Ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests.

• Appropriately documents subjective and objective findings including assessment and plan in the patient's medical record.

• Ensures accurate coding and billing

• Collaborates with the care team to provide each patient and their family the highest quality healthcare.

• Assessment of patient family knowledge and initiation of patient and family.

• Contributes 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; implementing physician directives.

• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.

• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies, interpreting test results.

• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.

• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing; managing wounds and infections.

• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; discussing family planning; providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living; promoting wellness and health maintenance.

• Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.

• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.

• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.