Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Pediatric Surgery - Columbia

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Job Summary Provides primary health care to a specific patient population within the guidelines of written protocols. Follows established nursing standards, procedures, and practices.

Accountabilities

• Engages in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, defects or injuries and recommend or prescribe treatments for the relief or cure of physical, mental or functional ailments or defects.

• Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence and assorted paperwork that is required for purposes of documenting care and billing.

• Participates in physician educational programs provided by Employer relative to capitated medicine and its implications on physician practice patterns.

• Participates in responding to requests for proposals for managed care contracts.

• Participates in: Establishment of quality assurance programs Establishment of utilization management programs Selection of management information systems Development of patient education services Development of patient satisfaction surveys

• Assists in the development of operational and capital budgets.

• Participates in operational assessments in search of revenue enhancement, expense reductions, consolidation efficiencies and billing opportunities.

• General Job Expectations:

Maintain courteous and cooperative working relationships with all levels of management and employees, physicians, patients, guarantors and the general public.

• Participates in activities that would further the public's image of the Employer.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

Master's Degree in Nursing; Nurse Practitioner Degree Emphasis or Program Certificate equivalent.

Required Certifications/Registrations/Licenses

• Official Recognition as a Nurse Practitioner in the state the team member is working
• Prescriptive Authority for the state in which the team member is working
• Controlled Substance license for the state in which the team member is working. Federal DEA license

Work Shift Variable (United States of America)

Location 9 Medical Park Rd Richland

Facility Pediatric Surgery 9 Med Park 500

Department Pediatric Surgery 9 Med Park 500-Practice Operations

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