Full Job Description
Provides professional patient care in the office.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Clinical Responsibilities
- Takes patient history, and records the information in the patients chart.
- Confers with physicians about new patient findings and potential diagnosis and treatment.
- Exercises professional judgment regarding consultation with supervising physicians concerning appropriate treatment.
- Develops and implements patient care plans, instructs and counsels patients, and records progress.
- Prescribes medications to the extent allowable by state guidelines and clinic regulations.
- Provides diagnosis and treatment services to established patients.
- Prescribes medications, treatments, and immunotherapy in accordance with physician protocols.
- Formulates and updates patient care plans; consults with physicians as needed.
- Performs patient education duties; shows immunotherapy videos, hands out brochures, and directs patients to specific Internet sites for more information.
- Acts as backup and puts patients in rooms as needed.
- Transmits prescription requests to pharmacy; documents action in patient chart and obtains physician signature of approval.
- Oversees appointment bookings and ensures emergency situations are scheduled appropriately; maintains timely flow of patients
- Returns patient phone messages at designated times throughout the day; documents action taken in patient chart.
- Triages incoming telephone calls; instructs patient and family regarding treatment instruction, then documents action taken in patient chart.
- Completes all assigned AP training (such as CPR, OSHA, HIPAA, Compliance, Information Security, others) within designated timeframes.
- Complies with Allergy Partners and respective hub/department policies and reports incidents of policy violations to a Supervisor/Manager/Director, Department of Compliance & Privacy or via the AP EthicsPoint hotline.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Typical Physical Demands: Position requires full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Involves standing and walking. Employee will occasionally be asked to lift and carry [ems weighing up to 30 pounds. Normal visual acuity and hearing are required. Employee will work under stressful conditions, and be exposed to bodily fluids on a regular basis.
Typical Working Condition: Employee will have frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, needle sticks and other conditions common to a clinic environment.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- NP degree required.
- Current licensure maintained.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- At least two years of experience in a physician office or hospital.
- Ability to make independent decisions about patient care.
- Experience diagnosing and treating patients.
- Working knowledge of managed care basics, and experience working with a managed care and Medicare population.
- Comfortable using email and interacting with Internet applications.
- Knowledge of practice management and word processing software.
- Good communication skills.
- Neat, professional appearance.