CRNP - PRIMARY CARE BENBROOK-INTERNAL MEDICINE

Provide patient care services, including assessing and managing patients in the outpatient environment, by following established standards and practices within the practice specific specialty.

Education

• Minimum: Master Degree in Nursing
• Preferred: Doctor of Nursing Practice

Registration/Certification/Licensure

Current PA RN and CRNP licenses, ACLS, and Act 33/73 clearances. Individual must meet the credentialing requirements of the Medical Staff Office.

Experience

• Minimum: None
• Preferred: One year experience working as a CRNP.

Other Requirements: N/A

Status: Exempt

Physical Requirements

• The following frequency definitions apply to all Physical Requirements unless

Otherwise Noted

Occasional: (0-1/3 of day, 0 - 2.5 hrs/day, 1 - 4 reps/hr)

Frequent: (1/3

• 2/3 of day, 2.5 - 5.5 hrs/day, 5
• 24 reps/hr)

Constant: (> 2/3rd of day, > 5.5 hrs/day, > 24 reps/hr)

NOTE: An asterisk (*) indicates that the item is an essential function.

• Non-Material Handling

• Standing - Remaining on one's feet in an upright position remaining stationary - FREQUENT

• Walking - Remaining upright on one's feet, and moving about - FREQUENT

• Sitting* - Body remains in a seated position - FREQUENT

• Stooping - To bend the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist - OCCASIONAL

• Bending - To flex the upper body forward - OCCASIONAL

• Twisting - To rotate the upper body forward - OCCASIONAL

• Climbing - To move the body in any direction on equipment or structures that do not include stairs or ladders - N/A

• Ladders - To ascend and descend ladders - N/A

• Stairs - To ascend and descend stairs - OCCASIONAL

• Kneeling - To move the body downwards and come to rest on both hands and both knees - OCCASIONAL

• Squatting - To move the body downwards by bending both knees - OCCASIONAL

• Crouching - To bend the body forward and downward by bending the spine and the legs - OCCASIONAL

• Crawling - To move the body forward or backwards on hands and knees - N/A

• Reaching Horizontal - To extend the arms and hands outward, remaining under shoulder height - FREQUENT

• Reaching Overhead - To extend the arms and hands up and out over shoulder height - OCCASIONAL

• Grasping - Using functional gripping of the hand to handle an object - FREQUENT

• Finger Manipulation - To manipulate objects with the use of fingers - FREQUENT

• Seeing* - Using visual feedback to accomplish a task or activity - CONSTANT

• Hearing* - Using sound feedback to accomplish a task or activity - CONSTANT

• Repetitive Upper Extremity Use* - Using the arms and/or hands continuously or more than 2/3 of the total time - CONSTANT

• Repetitive Lower Extremity Use* - Using the legs and/or feet continuously or more than 2/3 of the total time - FREQUENT

• Material Handling

• Pushing* - To exert a force upon an object in order to move it in a certain direction Pushing refers to moving an object away from the person
• OCCASIONAL
• 10# - 20#

• Pulling* - To exert a force upon an object in order to move it in a certain direction Pulling refers to moving an object towards the person
• OCCASIONAL
• 10# - 50#

• Lift - Waist to shoulder
• OCCASIONAL
• Up to 20#

• Lift - Shoulder to overhead
• OCCASIONAL
• Up to 20#

• Carrying - To transport an object or article using the arms or hands (> 10 feet)
• OCCASIONAL
• Up to 20#

• Environmental Factors

• Working alone - OCCASIONAL

• Working in cramped quarters - N/A

• Constant interruptions - FREQUENT

• Working with hands in water - OCCASIONAL

• Use of power tools - OCCASIONAL

• Working on ladders/scaffolding - N/A

• Exposure to vibration - N/A

• Exposure to dust - OCCASIONAL

• Exposure to noise (constant) - N/A

• Exposure to electrical energy (outlets, etc) - OCCASIONAL

• Exposure to temperature changes (heat, cold, humidity), that require special clothing - N/A

• Exposure to slippery walking surfaces - OCCASIONAL

• Exposure to solvents, grease, oils - OCCASIONAL

• Exposure to radiant energy, ie computer terminal (more than 4 hours per shift) - OCCASIONAL

• Working with bloodborne pathogens - CONSTANT

• Cardiovascular Energy Requirements - Physical Demand
• Physical Demand

Met Level

Examples of similar activity intensity

Sedentary to Light

0 - 3.5

Light house cleaning, washing dishes, serving food, food shopping, sitting, standing, computer work.

Medium

3.6 - 6.3

House work (mopping, scrubbing), health club exercising, treadmill work, stretching, yoga, walk/run-play with children, aerobic class, dancing, carrying bucket/wood, auto body repair, shoveling snow, golf (carrying clubs).

Heavy to Very Heavy

> 6.4

Calisthenics (push up, pull up, sit up, vigorous effort), carrying groceries upstairs, shoveling coal, bailing hay, fire fighting, sawing by hand, splitting wood.

• As relates to this position:

• Sedentary to Light - CONSTANT

• Medium - FREQUENT

• Heavy to Very Heavy - OCCASIONAL