Nurse Practitioner Fellow

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PN Clinical Support Services
Full Time
Day Shift
8am-5pm

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center anchors an expansive health care network that includes nearly 600 physicians and advanced practice providers at nearly 80 locations across the Midlands of South Carolina, making it the region’s third largest employer. From general medicine and orthopaedics to oncology, cardiology and neurosurgery, these dedicated professionals combine the highest quality care with advanced medicine and state-of-the-art technology to help patients achieve the best possible outcomes.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.

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Job Summary

The Nurse Practitioner Fellow functions in a learning role receiving advanced training through practical hands-on and didactic educational experiences designed to increase confidence and clinical skills. The program includes a structured family practice continuity clinic experience along with additional specialty rotations. The Fellow will serve as a primary care provider within various Lexington Medical Center Physician Practices, Community Medical Centers and partnered facilities. Under the supervision of a Physician, the Fellow will (1) assess the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination and diagnostic tests and (2) interpret data, develop and implement a plan of treatment, follow through on a continuum of patient care across the health-illness continuum and lifespan within standard protocols set forth and approved by both the nurse practitioner and practice physicians.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: Masters or higher degree in nursing from an accredited College or University (obtained within the last 18 months)
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 Years of full-time or its equivalent nursing experience providing direct patient care, obtained within the previous 5 years
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure in South Carolina; 

• Certification from a South Carolina State Board for Nurse Practitioner Program; 
• Licensed as a Register Nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing;
• Certification from a South Carolina Board Approved credentialing organization. Preferred certification by American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP);
• Current Prescriptive Authority per SC State Board of Nursing

Required Training: None.

Essential Functions

• Maintains current signed written practice agreements, reviewed and revise as needed.
• Has contact by phone, correspondence, or personal meetings with persons in other departments or outside the practice; tact is required in these contacts and the employee assumes the responsibility for harmonious relationships.
• Documents all situations, both internally and externally, that may arise out of the ordinary or are necessary to maintain accurate patient charts/records.
• Helps maintain the work area in a neat and orderly fashion. Responsible for obtaining and keeping supplies necessary to perform the job duties.
• Works directly with the Mgr of Clinical Support in establishing goals and objectives and follows them through to completion.
• The Fellow will be committed to attend and complete a scheduled sequence of educational requirements. 
• Under supervision, Fellow provides diagnosis and treatment of common acute illnesses; prevention and maintenance health care to patients with stable chronic illnesses; and performs interim physical examinations for healthy patients within prescribed guidelines,
  • Elicits appropriate present and past medical history and review of systems.
  • Performs appropriate physical examination and orders appropriate diagnostic studies.
  • Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings in history and physical.
  • Establishes appropriate differential diagnosis.   
  • Assesses stability of chronic illness and compliance with present therapy; monitors for complications of disease or therapy.    
  • Establishes appropriate treatment plan. Assesses need for hospitalization or physician intervention.            
  • Determines timing for follow-up and orders appropriate referrals.
  • Counsels regarding health maintenance and disease prevention, and provides anticipatory guidance as approrpiate.
• Provides health education to patients about ways to improve, promote, and maintain their health status, including but not limited to providing educational information on disease/disease processes, self-care practices, and positive lifestyle choices (i