This contract position offers an opportunity to work as a Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner in Reno, NV, providing comprehensive primary care to patients across all age groups during consistent weekday shifts.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive health histories and physical examinations
- Diagnose and treat common acute and chronic illnesses
- Develop individualized treatment and care plans
- Prescribe medications and manage medication therapy within state scope of practice
- Order and interpret laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging, and other clinical studies
- Manage chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, asthma, COPD, and hyperlipidemia
- Provide preventive care including physical examinations, health screenings, and immunizations
- Provide women's, men's, adolescent, and geriatric primary care
- Evaluate and treat minor injuries, infections, respiratory illnesses, and other common conditions
- Provide patient education regarding nutrition, exercise, medications, lifestyle changes, and disease prevention
- Perform or assist with appropriate office-based procedures
- Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment plans as necessary
- Coordinate referrals to specialists and other healthcare professionals
- Review and communicate diagnostic results with patients
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR/EHR)
Schedule
- Tuesday through Thursday: 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Friday: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM