About this role
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.
COMPENSATION INFORMATION
- ### Actual compensation may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Qualifications
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- ### NP degree required
- ### Current licensure maintained. (Must be licensed to treat all ages).
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.