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Family Nurse Practitioner -Primary Care

Employer
Placements USA LLC
Location
Fitchburg, MA
Closing date
Oct 17, 2021

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Profession
Nurse Practitioner
Specialty
Medical Management
Job Description

Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities:
  • Assesses patient's physical and psychosocial health/illness status through history taking and physical examination.
  • Practices within the collaborative model with physicians, nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists
  • Diagnoses, manages, and appropriately refers patients with acute, episodic, or chronic illness according to department protocols.
  • Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests according to established guidelines.
  • Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
  • Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
  • As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
  • Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress.
  • Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
  • Knowledge of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosages and instruct patients in correct usage.
  • Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
  • Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and patient care services in area of medical expertise.
  • Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise
  • Facilitates and coordinates patient care referrals to specialists and outside agencies
  • Develops and provides educational materials and/or programs to patients, families, and other health care professionals at the Center.
  • Assumes formal teaching responsibilities within area of expertise and precepts nurse practitioner students, medical students, and residents as appropriate.
    • May participate in medical and/or nursing research.
    • Participates in defining nursing standards, practices, and educational needs of patient care staff
    • May share call responsibilities of the service.
    • Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
    • Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and patient care services in area of medical expertise.
    • Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise.
    • Actively participates in the departmental quality assurance program.
    • Serves on appropriate department and/or hospital committees.
    • Performs other related duties as requires and as assigned.
    • Managing patient care is a team effort that involves clinical and non-clinical staff interacting with patients.
    • Demonstrate understanding and commitment of the health center mission.
    • Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the established CHC Values and Standards.

    Minimum Qualifications:

    • Massachusetts Licensed Registered Nurse required
    • Certified in Massachusetts to practice in the expanded role as a Family Nurse Practitioner required
    • Certified in CPR/AED or equivalent.
    • Demonstrated mastery of a specialty area or other related field normally acquired by 3-5 years progressively responsible nursing experience preferred.


    Qualifications Licenses & Certifications
    Required

    Registered Nurse

    Nurse Practioner

    CPR

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