STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: NURSE PRACTITIONER
Class Code: 6550-25
Date Established: 09-12-78
Occupational Code: 7-4-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To assess, develop and implement
individualized patient/resident care and treatment under the supervision of a
physician.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Assesses and
diagnoses patient condition and develops treatment plan in collaboration with a
designated physician.
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Conducts inspections,
analyzes reports and participates in conferences for the discussion of the
diagnosis, behavior and treatment of patients.
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Administers
treatments, performs physical examinations and researches medical histories.
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Orders laboratory
work, does blood tests, takes cultures, administers immunizations, removes
sutures and counsels patients and families.
·
Analyzes test results
and makes recommendations for implementing treatment plans.
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Organizes, supervises
and reviews the work of subordinate professional, para-professional and
non-professional personnel engaged in patient/resident care and treatment.
·
Prescribes
medications according to the protocol agreed to by the designated collaborating
physician and the practitioner.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in developing formats
and procedures for special applications OR in investigating and reviewing the
use of equipment and data for a specialized function.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of programs
or of employees doing work which differs from the supervisor, including
disciplining employees, solving personnel problems, recommending hiring and
terminating employees, and developing work methods. The supervisor in this position manages a working unit or
section with responsibility for employee performance appraisal.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires reviewing summaries and
reports and making decisions to solve problems or to achieve work objectives as
well as articulating and expressing those solutions and goals. This level also requires formal
presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the general public to
increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client
system.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific
thinking. This level also requires
planning policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on
available criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
from a recognized college, institute or university with major study in nursing,
and graduation from a nurse practitioner program that meets qualifications
established by the Board of Nursing Examiners for the specialty in which the
Nurse Practitioner is to be employed.
Experience: Three years' professional nursing
experience in the field appropriate to the position for which recruitment is
conducted. Each additional year of
approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal
education.
License/Qualifications: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
license issued by the New Hampshire Board of Nursing Education.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Considerable knowledge of modern
nursing theory and practice.
Knowledge of pharmacology, medical assessment and medical treatment and
care. Skill in determining the
degree of illness and the level of wellness. Skill in counseling.
Skill in determining procedures needed to assist the patient. Ability to carry out instructions. Ability to instruct para-professional
and other personnel in aspects of nursing. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with
co-workers, all members of the health team and patients. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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