NURSE PRACTITIONER

Job Description

Description:

*ANTICIPATED START DATE OF AUGUST '24 FOR APPLICANTS WITH NV LICENSE*

*CANDIDATES WITH BOTH CA/NV LICENSE CAN START AT EARLIEST CONVENIENCE*

NURSE PRACTITIONER JOB SUMMARY

Provides continuous and comprehensive services necessary for the promotion of optimal

health, prevention and treatment, in an underserved community clinic. To perform a variety of advanced clinical duties involved in assessing, treating, controlling, and preventing patient illness and disease within the assigned public health nursing program; to perform physical examinations; identify patients with physical and emotional illness; and to administer medications as prescribed.

NURSE PRACTITIONER ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Identify physical and emotional illnesses through observations, interpretations of laboratory finding, and analysis of patient charts; analysis of diagnostic tests and appropriate medical, hospital, or other health care as needed

Facilitates and implements systems that promote effective collaborative communication with colleagues, peers, physician associates, staff, hospital relationships and other members of the health care team.

Works closely with the Medical Director to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.

Maintain confidentiality and patient privacy.

Maintains Compliance with patient rights, guidelines and standards.

Provides direction for continuous quality improvement activities and develops methods for measuring the effectiveness of education and practice activities.

Performs in quality assurance review on a periodic basis, including systematic review of records and treatment plans.

Assists in the establishment and maintenance of CCHC quality improvement program that monitors important aspects of care, identifies problems in care, implements changes to improve care, and evaluated effectiveness of action taken.

Collaborates with physician colleagues of the development of process protocols and standardized procedure guidelines for the delivery of patient care.

Monitors the success and failure of developed programs and reviews the community service satisfaction as outcome measurements.

Perform duties as assigned by Chief Medical Director.Requirements:

NURSE PRACTITIONER EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of a Master’s degree in nursing or a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Must be certified by one of the following organizations:

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

American Nurses Credentialing Center

National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties

Pediatric Certification Board (previously the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses

Oncology Nurses Certification Corporation

AACN Certification Corporation

National Board on Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses

Possession of a valid Registered Nurse Nevada license.

Preferably two years nursing experience in an outpatient clinic.

NURSE PRACTITIONER PAY RATE: $110k - $115k annually

NURSE PRACTITIONER BENEFITS:

PTO accrual

401(k) and 401(k) matching

CME benefits

State and DEA license fee reimbursement