Job Description
Family Nurse Practitioner
McBee, SC, SC, United States of America
Overview
Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. has been providing quality, comprehensive health care since 1977. We are a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving residents of Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, and Sumter counties. The mission of Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. is to be responsive to community healthcare needs by providing quality, comprehensive, and cost effective healthcare.
Job Skills / Requirements
Position Overview:
The Family Nurse Practitioner works as part of the clinic provider team performing a variety of direct patient services including assessment, diagnosis, implementation of treatment, evaluation, and monitoring the general patient management plan for clinic patients. The Family Nurse Practitioner performs these functions under the general supervision of a licensed physician in a primary health care setting.
Job Duties:
- Assesses, diagnosis, implements treatment, evaluates, and monitors patients' health status.
- Performs complete physical examinations on patients.
- Orders routine and diagnostic lab and x-ray studies according to standing orders.
- Diagnosis acute and chronic illness on the basis of clinical findings, laboratory and x-ray reports and/or the results of other diagnostic procedures according to approved protocols.
- Formulates, initiates and monitors patient management plans for patients assigned to the Family Nurse Practitioner, using protocols and/or consultation with a supervising physician.
- Refers patients requiring hospitalization or assessment and management of conditions to supervising physicians or appropriate specialist. Follows patients progress with physician.
- Renders emergency care and treatment including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, starting IV fluids, and medications, sutures lacerations.
- Obtains complete medical history from patient, and/or family, and/or previous medical record, etc.
- Prescribes medications according to therapeutic goals, explains treatment to patients, and families.
- Maintains all patient records to comply with required standards, reviews records regularly and obtains physician counter signatures where necessary.
- Attends all medical staff meetings and participates in Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc.
**Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.
Job Type: Full-time
Weekly Schedule: Monday to Friday
Work Setting: In person
Location: McBee, SC
License/Certification: Family Nurse Practitioner License (Required)
Certification Requirements (Any)
Family Nurse Practitioner License (Required)
Additional Information / Benefits
- 401k
- 401k matching
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- PTO and Sick Leave
- Employee EAP Program
This job reports to the Chief Medical Officer
This is a Full-Time position 1st Shift.
Number of Openings for this position: 1