Nurse Practitioner – Urgent Care

Nurse Practitioner – Urgent Care

Requirements

• Medical/Master’s degree and certification
• PA – Valid state license to practice as a Physician Assistant and current national certification
• OR – RN – Valid state license to practice as a Registered Nurse, NP – Valid state license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner and current national certification
• Current, unrestricted medical license to practice in the state of state
• Maintain a controlled substance license along with an unrestricted DEA license
• Ability to consult and treat patients of all ages
• Experience in ER, urgent care or similar setting (minimum 2 years)
• Ability to work two full weekends per month (required for full-time clinicians)
• Maintain confidentiality and impartiality at all times

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional treatment, collaborative care options (within the scope of urgent care), including physical examinations, assessments, diagnosis and treatment
• Order and interpret x-rays, lab results and EKGs
• Triage and manage patients thoroughly and efficiently, maintaining a steady flow to avoid long wait times
• Perform digital blocks and regional anesthesia; start IV fluids and perform minor surgical procedures, such as wound closure and management, foreign body removal, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, closed reductions of simple fractures or dislocations of fingers/toes
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as aspirations and injection of joints, bursas, and cysts. Start IV fluids
• Perform closed reductions of simple fractures or dislocations of fingers/toes, including nursemaid’s elbow reductions
• Apply and modify braces, splints, and other orthopedic appliances
• Review and manage daily tasks, patient callbacks, and lab results, while on shift

Preferred Qualifications

• Availability to work in other clinic locations and some holidays as needed (preferred)