Nurse Practitioner in RIDGEFIELD, Washington at Legacy Health

Nurse Practitioner
US-WA-RIDGEFIELD

Job ID: 26-48653
Type: Regular Full-Time
Ridgefield Trails 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. If your skill and compassion as an Outpatient Nurse Practitioner reflect that mission, you belong at Legacy, making a difference through patient care and administrative duties in the clinic setting.

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.