NURSE PRACTITIONER

About the Role

Covenant Medical Group, part of Covenant Health, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner for a Part-Time, Wound Care position. Covenant Medical Group provides comprehensive care across East Tennessee, with over 300 physicians and advanced practice providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides primary care to patients under the supervision of a physician preceptor.
• Maintains departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, and safety standards.
• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with specialists, and adjusts processes as needed.
• Collaborates with physician preceptor to formulate and review medical protocols.
• Obtains complete medical history and performs appropriate physical exams.
• Identifies health hazards, patient risk factors, and considers cultural patterns, economic status, and patient resources in the plan of care.
• Obtains appropriate laboratory specimens.
• Analyzes objective and subjective data for appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
• Ensures treatment and/or plan of care is consistent with established protocols.
• Monitors and ensures accuracy of recording on patient medical records and maintains required reports, records, and statistics.
• Documents all pertinent information accurately, legibly, and in a timely manner.
• Follows Medicare guidelines for accuracy in CPT and ICD coding.
• Applies the fundamentals of AIDET when communicating with patients.
• Refers patients to appropriate services that exceed the practitioner's scope of practice.
• Provides health promotion counseling and develops patient teaching information.
• Serves as a resource person for other staff personnel and may supervise clinical staff.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations.
• Collaborates with the patient, physician, and other care team members in a team-based approach.
• Attends meetings as required and participates on committees as directed.
• Completes required education assignments annually and participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Must meet the State's requirements as a Nurse Practitioner.
• CPR required.
• Must have and maintain one of the applicable certifications based on specialty area assigned.

Qualifications

• Certifications Accepted:

• AANP:

• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

• Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGNP)

• Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP)

• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

• ANCC:

• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC)

• Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP-BC)

• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP-BC)

• AACN:

• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNPC-AG)

• NCC:

• Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP-BC)

• Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-BC)

• PNCB:

• Primary Care Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (CPNP-PC)

• Acute Care Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (CPNP-AC)

• NBCRNA:

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

• AMCB:

• Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)

• Certified Midwife (CM)

• Minimum Education: None specified, but must be sufficient to meet licensing and certification standards.

• Minimum Experience: None specified.