Nurse Practitioner

Position Title:                    Nurse Practitioner      

Department:                       Primary Care

Supervisor:                        Medical Director

Status / Hours per week:  Exempt – Fulltime

Primary Function: 

Under the general direction of the Medical Director, or Physician, provide health maintenance, episodic illness, and chronic disease patient care to patients.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide primary medical management for patients through collaboration with a physician.
• Delivers patient care and patient education in a manner that is appropriate to patient’s age, physical ability, educational level.
• Conduct health assessments and evaluate the needs of patients in the primary care clinic.
• Conduct physical exams, order and/or perform laboratory and diagnostic tests, and make clinical judgments regarding results.
• Perform minor procedures independently.
• Participate in the development of a comprehensive plan of care for each patient.
• Initiate appropriate consultation and referrals.
• Provide health information and teaching with emphasis on prevention and curative treatment.
• Act as primary care resource to the team and provide in-services for staff as required.
• Participate in teaching activities with nurses, nurse practitioner, and medical students.
• Document History & Physical, assessment and treatment intervention in medical record.
• Participate in committees for quality of care, standards of care, policies and procedures, and other program development activities.
• Maintain current standards of practice and seek professional development.
• Participate in regularly scheduled clinical care, team and department meetings.
• Perform other duties assigned supervisor as required.  

Minimum Basic Knowledge:

• Current certification and licensure as Nurse Practitioner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Current certification and licensure as a Nurse Practitioner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Ability to maintain patient confidentiality at all times as required by the health center and regulations.
• Experience working with two or more of neonatal, pediatric/adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.
• Ability to communicate clearly with patients and with staff.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, teaching, and organizational skills.
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required.
• Proficient in Spanish, Portuguese, and/or Cape Verdean desirable.

Independent Action:

• Ability to work independently with appropriate assessment for referral.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Clinical supervision to nursing staff.
• Supervision to nursing and nurse practitioner students.

Define Access Level to PHI:

Level 4 [Authorized to access full health information.  UCHC position and job responsibilities involve the provision of patient care and working as a clinical team member.  Staff in this category level, although allowed full access, should only access the necessary information for each respective treatment encounter/circumstance].