• Identifies each patient prior to administering medications and providing care and treatment.
• Performs technical skills and administers medications in a safe and efficient manner.
• Establishes priorities based on patient needs and emergent care
• Provides supervision and direction to other team members. Delegates task according to capabilities and scope of responsibilities.
• Ability to independently review patient problems including, but not limited to medication refills, determining the need of follow up care and referring appropriately to the physician according to policy.
• Performs all prescribed laboratory test, sends to appropriate laboratory, receives and interprets laboratory values, and notifies physician of results
• Providing patient education and counseling to patients and their families
• Participate in chronic disease management of patients
• Manage patients chronic disease
• Provide diabetic disease management to patients
• Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices. Reports to the appropriate personnel, in a timely fashion, any unsafe activities, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients, and visitors.
• Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to (neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients), including knowledge of growth and development, that ability to obtain and interpret information to identify patient needs, and provide the care needed.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Master's degree as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse -NP or graduate from an ARC-PA accredited physician assistant program and have NCCPA certification
• Licensure or license eligible as a physician assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - FNP as set forth by the state of Delaware
• Prescriptive authority required in Delaware
• Certification in BLS
• Experience in Family Medicine as APRN-FNP or PA preferred