A. Responsibilities
1.Interprets nursing/clinic operating procedures and policies and reviews work performed to determine compliance to recognized standards of care.
2.Interviews patients and takes a complete medical history during initial visit.
3.Performs both comprehensive and problem specific history and physical examinations and provides routine, ongoing care and management of common health problems.
4.Develops and maintains the H & P, problem list, medication list, notes, and other assessment instruments that may be used.
5.Provides appropriate primary care to patients in accordance with approved protocols and under the direction of the supervising physician.
6.Formulates diagnoses and problem list, initiates orders and interprets common lab and diagnostic studies, develops, initiates, and monitors the therapeutic, preventive, and /or rehabilitative plan within established protocols and with supervision and approval of physician.
7.Furnishes/prescribes and adjusts medications according tot he law and clinic protocols.
8.Prepares requisitions for special tests and procedures and when required assists patient with preparation.
9.Takes primary responsibility and provides ongoing evaluation and management services for a caseload of patients with multiple chronic problems who are in need of some level of on-going care.
10.Initiates, facilitates, and documents ongoing discussion of healthcare wishes and medical decision issues such as durable power of attorney for Healthcare and/ or Advance Directives.
11.Initiates appropriate referrals to physician specialists or community resources (e.g. Home Health, Physical Therapy, Adult Day Care).
12.Provides health education, both verbal and written as well as counseling to patients, family and care providers in coordination with the other members of the health care team.
13.Maintains current skills and knowledge through continuing education activities.
14.Participates in the Scotland Free Clinic and other hospital sanctioned events (I.e. sports physicals, etc.).
15.Compliant with the JCAHO Audit Process by maintaining 90% or above at all times on monthly chart audit survey.