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JOB SUMMARY The Nurse Practitioner (NP) Geriatric is a licensed, certified, non-physician healthcare provider who actively renders direct patient care and possesses delegated prescriptive authority, is credentialed and privileged, and whose service is billed as an independent billing provider, as recognized by Medicare and Medicaid within the healthcare systems, and in accordance with the appropriate board. The Advanced Practice Provider provides medical care based upon the scope of practice as delineated by the supervising physician.These providers typically provide care to patients in an internal medicine, family medicine, geriatric or pediatric clinic.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLEAssesses the physical and mental condition of patients by