Time Type:
Full time
Department:
South End Washington Primary Care
All Locations:
1601 Washington Street, 400 Shawmut Avenue
Position Summary:
The Nurse Practitioner is a licensed independent practitioner who provides nursing and medical services to individuals, families and groups. A nurse practitioner diagnoses and manages acute episodic and chronic illnesses while emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention. Services may include ordering, conducting, supervising and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, and prescription of pharmacologic agents and non pharmacologic therapies
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Obtains comprehensive and problem focused health history
- Performs a comprehensive and problem focused physical exam
- Orders and interprets screening and diagnostic tests
- Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making.
- Communicates with patients re: clinical findings
- Initiates appropriate and timely consultations (NP, PA & MD)
Qualifications and Requirements:
- MA License as NP
- BLS, ACLS, PALS Certification, as required by department
- 1 year relevant experience preferably in a community health setting
Salary: from $109,000 to $132,870 based on years of experience at the licensure level
