Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Care

Overview:
We have a very clear mission at Legacy: to make life better for our patients, our community and each other. We show it every day, in everything we do. If your skill and compassion as a nurse practitioner reflect that mission, you belong at Legacy, making a difference through patient care in our urgent care clinics. Insert Regional description...Insert Site/Location information...Insert Unit/Department title...Insert Unit/Department description...

Responsibilities:
Works in collaboration with physicians to provide complete physical examinations, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and episodic disorders. Assigned principal responsibility for Urgent Health Care of patients under professional medical direction from physicians. Seeks the expert opinion or advice of a physician whenever the incumbent decides a case falls outside the scope authorized by policies and protocol. The Nurse Practitioner plans and implements and a physician reviews and confirms health care goals for patients.The Nurse Practitioner typically remains responsible for the patient throughout the course of the treatment, provides the physical examination, the diagnosis, and the health care plan, determines when the patient has recovered, and releases the patient. The Nurse Practitioner may refer the patient to physicians for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment but retains responsibility for clinical management as well as any subsequent modification.

Qualifications:
Education:As required by licensure.Experience:Minimum 2 years clinical experience in related field, strongly preferred.LEGACYS VALUES IN ACTION:Follows guidelines set forth in Legacys Values in Action.Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled

Licensure:
Current applicable state RN license required.National certification as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) required.Applicable state license as a Nurse Practitioner w/Prescriptive Privileges (NP-PP) required.Current certification dependent upon the specific position to include Basic Life Support (BLS).