Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (Advanced Practice Provider)
CORE Occupational Medicine
- Odessa, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform pre-placement physical examinations for new hires.
- Provide medical assessments and health services to employees who become ill or injured at work.
- Perform return to work assessments to ensure fitness for duty and a safe workplace environment.
- Perform fitness for duty evaluations.
- Assist with coordination of care, physician referrals, transitional duty program.
- Provide medical review of surveillance and immunization records of contracted employees, physicians, volunteers and other affiliates.
- Assist with TB Surveillance and Hepatitis B immunization programs.
- Maintain professional growth and development through approved seminars, workshops and professional affiliations.
- Review and sign all EKG, pulmonary function tests, visual exams and lab tests as required.
- Review and sign wellness center medical authorizations
- Perform other work related duties as assigned or requested.
- Knowledge of medical practice and occupational health
- Knowledge of medical policies, regulations, and procedures
- Skill in developing and maintaining records, writing reports, and responding to correspondence.
- Skill in developing and maintaining medical quality assurance and quality control standards
- Ability to react calmly, objectively and effectively in emergency situations.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to analyze and interpret data if an effort to evaluate clinical performance
- Excellent people skills. Ability to motivate, cooperate with and work effectively with others.
- Knowledge of the organization’s policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of health care administration, center philosophy, policies and operating procedures. Knowledge of fiscal management practices and human resource management techniques.
- Knowledge of EMR systems.
- Knowledge of governmental regulations
- Knowledge of computer systems and applications.
- Skill in planning, organizing and supervising.
- Skill in exercising initiative and judgment.
- Skill in developing and maintaining effective relationships with medical and administrative staff, patients and the public.
- Ability to solve problems and make decisions.