Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Care

Job description

The Opportunity We're looking for a dedicated Nurse Practitioner to join our urgent care team. Benalla Health's Urgent Care is a six bay unit, compromising of four treatment bays, one triage room and one resuscitation area. It is staffed 24 hours a day by two Registered Nurses with on call visiting Medical Officers. The successful Nurse Practitioner will: Position is permanent part time (0.6 EFT) - Perform physical examinations of patients to evaluate health and diagnose illnesses. - Determine, plan, and initiate appropriate treatment, and adjust treatment if necessary. - Admit patients to the health service, in collaboration with on call visiting Medical Officer. - Document medical information of patients and maintain medical records (paper and electronic); - Educate, instruct and counsel patients and families on presenting health problems, treatment plans and home care and encourage and promote preventative health care and positive health behaviours; - Request consultation or referral with other health care providers, such as physicians and clinics. - Actively maintain knowledge of current medical research and trends and support research projects; • Create patient care plans and...