Overview
Job Summary
The nurse practitioner 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 NP assumes accountability for indirect care
responsibilities, which support patient care including staff and student education, clinical research,
program development, and quality improvement.
Responsibilities
Key Respon and Essential Functions
judgments and decisions regarding appropriate recommendations and treatments.
determining the diagnosis as the basis for designing interventions to promote the restoration of
health.
restoration of health for patients.
multidisciplinary plan of care.
clinical outcomes.
clinical experts.
Qualifications
Education Required
Endocrinology experience preferred
License, Certification and / or Registration
Nurse Practitioner • Decatur, AL, United States