Primary Care - Support Nurse Practitioner at Legacy Health – CAMAS, Washington

Primary Care - Support Nurse Practitioner
US-WA-CAMAS

Job ID: 26-47505
Type: Regular Full-Time
Camas Clinic

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. At Legacy, we have a fundamental responsibility to improve the wellness of everyone we touch and empower people to live healthier lives. If you are interested in joining a team that is making a difference, we would like to talk with you.

Legacy is recruiting a Nurse Practitioner for our Camas Clinic, located at 1625 SE 192nd Ave, Camas, WA. Our clinics have well-supported teams to include panel coordinator, social worker, RN case manager, behaviorist, pharmacist as well as an individually assigned MA.

Responsibilities

• Works in collaboration with physicians to provide complete physical examinations, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and episodic disorders.
• Assigned principal responsibility for primary 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.
• Plans and implements and a physician reviews and confirms health care goals for patients.
• 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.
• Refers patients 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:

• Clinical experience requirements are dependent upon the specific position, and include a minimum of 2 years of experience in a related field.