About the Role
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides comprehensive direct patient care and scholarly practice including obtaining comprehensive patient histories, performing complete physical examination, ordering and performing diagnostic testing and screening, diagnosing illness, prescribing both pharmacological and other treatments for patients, and providing health maintenance and promotion interventions such as patient and family education and counseling. Also, the APP assumes accountability for indirect care responsibilities, which support patient care including staff and student education, clinical research, program development, and quality improvement.</span><br /><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrates through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision and values</span></p> <br> <p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Nurse Practitioner:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Completion of Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Master's of Science in Nursing from an accredited college or university. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Successful completion of a National NP board certification exam.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Current registration through the Alabama Board of Nursing. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">or </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Physician Assistant: </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Completion of Master's Degree in Physician Assistant program. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Successful completion of Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE).</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Current registration through the Board of Medical Examiners</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Additional Skill/Abilities: BLS and ACLS are required before the conclusion of the orientation period</span></p> <br>