CommonSpirit Health
Neurology Nurse Practitioner TN
CommonSpirit Health, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, 37450
Responsibilities
Read on to fully understand what this job requires in terms of skills and experience If you are a good match, make an application.
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for utilizing training and skills to provide direct outpatient care under the supervision of a physician. The neurology NP is qualified to assess, diagnose, and treat disorders of stroke and vascular neurological. The NPs primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, performing clinic consultations for hospital follow-up post-stroke and TIA patients. Population includes patients that have previously received IV thrombolytic, mechanical thrombectomy, aneurysm embolization or other neurosurgical procedures.
Essential Key Job Responsibilities
Obtain medical histories when necessary.
Perform physical exams (within established protocol).
Diagnose, treat and monitor acute and chronic diseases (within protocol guidelines).
Order and interpret diagnostic tests.
Prescribe or recommend medications for prescription for medications and treatment (within protocol guidelines).
Responds to emergency situations in an appropriate manner.
Promote positive lifestyle habits to all patients through education and counseling.
Assure the supervising physician reviews and signs off 20% of charts.
Maintain patients privacy and confidentiality.
Work closely with other nurses to assure patient flow is efficient.
Consult with the supervising doctor regarding patient symptoms to assure proper diagnosis and plan of treatment.
Provide comprehensive teaching to patients and families.
Responds to patient telephone calls (within clinic protocol timeframe)
Adjudicates incoming referrals (within clinic protocol)
Adjudicates ambulatory cardiac monitoring result reports (per written protocol)
Communicates with referring providers, as necessary
Reviews diagnostic testing results such as labs and imaging reports (within clinic protocol timeframe)
Completes paperwork such as FMLA and disability requests (within clinic protocol timeframe)
Oversees clinical data collection (ie for quality improvement or database reporting)
Conducts relevant research.
Participate in quality improvement.
Attends meetings as requested.
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications Required Education
Graduate of a MSN Nurse Practitioner training Program Required Licensure and Certifications State APRN License required AHA BLS
Preferred Qualifications
Two years experience as a full-time Nurse Practitioner, preferably in outpatient neurology / neurosurgery
Overview Memorial Health Partners and CHI Memorial Hospital, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, is once again the only hospital in the Chattanooga area to be named a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News & World Report. We are proud to be the regional referral center of choice providing health care throughout Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia.
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Pay Range $45.96 - $54.13 /hour
Read on to fully understand what this job requires in terms of skills and experience If you are a good match, make an application.
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for utilizing training and skills to provide direct outpatient care under the supervision of a physician. The neurology NP is qualified to assess, diagnose, and treat disorders of stroke and vascular neurological. The NPs primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, performing clinic consultations for hospital follow-up post-stroke and TIA patients. Population includes patients that have previously received IV thrombolytic, mechanical thrombectomy, aneurysm embolization or other neurosurgical procedures.
Essential Key Job Responsibilities
Obtain medical histories when necessary.
Perform physical exams (within established protocol).
Diagnose, treat and monitor acute and chronic diseases (within protocol guidelines).
Order and interpret diagnostic tests.
Prescribe or recommend medications for prescription for medications and treatment (within protocol guidelines).
Responds to emergency situations in an appropriate manner.
Promote positive lifestyle habits to all patients through education and counseling.
Assure the supervising physician reviews and signs off 20% of charts.
Maintain patients privacy and confidentiality.
Work closely with other nurses to assure patient flow is efficient.
Consult with the supervising doctor regarding patient symptoms to assure proper diagnosis and plan of treatment.
Provide comprehensive teaching to patients and families.
Responds to patient telephone calls (within clinic protocol timeframe)
Adjudicates incoming referrals (within clinic protocol)
Adjudicates ambulatory cardiac monitoring result reports (per written protocol)
Communicates with referring providers, as necessary
Reviews diagnostic testing results such as labs and imaging reports (within clinic protocol timeframe)
Completes paperwork such as FMLA and disability requests (within clinic protocol timeframe)
Oversees clinical data collection (ie for quality improvement or database reporting)
Conducts relevant research.
Participate in quality improvement.
Attends meetings as requested.
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications Required Education
Graduate of a MSN Nurse Practitioner training Program Required Licensure and Certifications State APRN License required AHA BLS
Preferred Qualifications
Two years experience as a full-time Nurse Practitioner, preferably in outpatient neurology / neurosurgery
Overview Memorial Health Partners and CHI Memorial Hospital, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, is once again the only hospital in the Chattanooga area to be named a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News & World Report. We are proud to be the regional referral center of choice providing health care throughout Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia.
#HEC
Pay Range $45.96 - $54.13 /hour