Job Summary

Responsible for providing primary care to services, including assessing, diagnosing, prescribing, treating and educating patients. This includes those staff providing services who are working in the designated Rural Health Clinics.

Education

Required:

BSN required; MSN required. Successful completion of advanced practitioner training and certification as a practitioner (general or specialized) from an approved nurse practitioner program.

Preferred: N/A

Experience

Required:

Minimum three years of professional nursing experience in a clinic setting, plus two years of nurse practitioner experience. Computer skills and working knowledge of computers and Microsoft Windows and Office applications.

Preferred: N/A

Position Requirement(s): License/Certification/Registration

Required

Current North Carolina registered nurse license. Current North Carolina license as an advanced registered nurse practitioner with prescriptive authority. BLS completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained going forward

The Nurse Licensure Compact will not change how to obtain or renew a North Carolina license. However, the North Carolina nursing license will be a single state license for North Carolina Residents or non-compact state residents. North Carolina licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-North Carolina residents.

Preferred: N/A

Department Position Summary

Responsible for providing primary care to services, including assessing, diagnosing, prescribing, treating and educating patients. Works closely with physicians and other clinicians in a team approach to patient care.

Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital Murphy, NC

Nurse Practitioner PRN-EWCH

Standard Hours

Regular