Family Nurse Practitioner job at Molina Healthcare in Salt Lake City

Molina Healthcare is at present looking to employ Family Nurse Practitioner on Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:24:13 GMT. POSITION SUMMARY Family Nurse Practitioner will work in collaboration with his/her supervising physicians. He/she will provide primary care services within the scope of practice of a Family Nurse Practitioner. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Duties and Responsibilities • Engage in practices constituting the practice of medicine in collaboration with and under the medical direction and supervision of a...

Family Nurse Practitioner

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Description: Molina Healthcare is at present looking to employ Family Nurse Practitioner right now, this job will be settled in Utah. More complete informations about this job opportunity kindly see the descriptions. POSITION SUMMARY

Family Nurse Practitioner will work in collaboration with his/her supervising physicians. He/she will provide primary care services within the scope of practice o! f a Family Nurse Practitioner.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Duties and Responsibilities

• Engage in practices constituting the practice of medicine in collaboration with and under the medical direction and supervision of a licensed physician to the degree required by the laws of Utah. He/she may also function as and perform all duties reasonably expected and assigned to an RN such as IV insertion and medication administration.
• Work as a partner with his/her supervising physician. The NP is responsible for initiating collaboration, as it is needed. The NP is responsible for knowing when a patient needs physician oversight and when the patient’s medical condition may be beyond the scope of knowledge of the NP.

Specific duties and functions:

• Provide general medical care to all patients- adults and pediatrics.
• Perform comprehensive evaluations including history and physical exams.
• Address both ! chronic and acute primary care complaints, and able to ascerta! in medical urgency
• Establish reasonable medical diagnoses
• Seek specialty consultation as appropriate
• Order pertinent diagnostic laboratory and radiology testing for the medical diagnosis or presenting symptom; able to work within an environment of limited resources and therefore uses diagnostic tests judiciously and appropriately
• Discuss unusual or unclear symptoms or results with consulting physician in a timely manner
• Accept feedback and direction from the supervising physician
• Create and implements a medical plan of care
• Perform diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures within his/her level of training and expertise, and as outlined on the practice agreement and written protocol with the supervising physician.
• Prescribe medications as appropriate
• Remain knowledgeable on current therapies
• Perform timely documentation in medical records. Returns charts to medical records office daily. ! Prepares and submits superbill at time of patient check out
• Procedure may include- (if in written agreement with supervising physician)
• Removal of an IUD
• Suturing
• Simple I&D, removal of foreign body

State Plan/Department Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Agreement with primary supervising physician for prescriptive authority in the state of Utah
• Must have practice agreement and written protocol with Molina supervising physician
• Must be able to work in a busy clinical setting with a multi-lingual/cultural and multi-age patient and staff population.
• Must be able to assess and respond to urgent issues in a competent manner.
• Must maintain effective relationships and communication with contracted specialists, Molina plan staff and Molina Clinic staff at all levels of the organization.
• Good organizational skills are required.
• Work at other sites to accommodate! patient load.
• Professional attitude and adherence to office p! olicies and procedures is required.
• Must maintain patient confidentiality.
• Serves as good ambassador for Molina when working with non-Molina staff and other personnel

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to abide by Molina’s policies
• Maintain regular attendance based on assigned schedule
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Ability to establish and maintain positive and effective work relationships with coworkers, clients, members, providers and customers
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Education:

• Licensed in the state of Utah as an RN and Nurse Practitioner

Required Experience:

• At least 2 to 4 years experience as a family nurse practitioner in an ambulatory setting

Preferred Experience:

• Bilingual and bicultural

Required Licensure/Certification:

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner

To all current Molina employees if you are interested in applying for this position please fill out an Employee Transfer Request Form (ETR) and attach it to your profile when applying online. Be sure to let us know you are a current employee by selecting “Molina Employee (current) in the source section of the online application. Molina Healthcare offers competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V
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If you were eligible to this job, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Molina Healthcare.

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This job starts available on: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:24:13 GMT

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