Nurse Practitioner

Caring Health Center, Inc.; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Caring Health Center, Inc. is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to provide comprehensive care on-site in Springfield, MA. The NP will assess, diagnose, and manage acute and chronic conditions, with a focus on family planning and preventive care.

Requirements include MA NP licensure and DEA; certification in Family Practice, Adult, or Pediatric; and ability to work with a multidisciplinary team. Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Massachusetts NP licensure and/or eligibility for certification.
• Certification in Family Practice, Adult, or Pediatric.
• DEA licenses.
• Ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in ambulatory care and/or public health preferred.
• Fluency in Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Nepali, Vietnamese or another language served at CHC.
• Special expertise in care for underserved, culturally diverse populations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments.
• Identify potential and actual health problems.
• Evaluate patient responses.
• Diagnose acute and chronic illness and develop treatment plans.
• Involve patient and family in treatment decisions and wellness goals.
• Ensure chart accuracy and timely documentation (same day to 72 hours).
• Collaborate with CHC physicians and other providers.
• Refer patients to specialists when needed.
• Maintain CME/CEU and licensing requirements.

Skills

Collaboration

Patient assessment

Family planning

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Spanish language

Education

Massachusetts NP licensure

Family Practice/Adult/Pediatric certification

DEA license

Eligibility for certification

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Nurse Practitioner Job Category: Healthcare Provider Requisition Number:

NURSE001030 Full-Time On-site Springfield, MA 01103, USA Reports To

Chief Medical Officer Salary/Status: Exempt Minimum Requirements:

Current Massachusetts NP licensure and /or eligibility for certification. Current Mass CSR and DEA licenses Certification in Family Practice, Adult, or Pediatric. Ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary team, including physicians, nursing staff, social workers, and case managers. Previous experience in ambulatory care and/or public health is preferred. Demonstrate proficiency in assessment and delivery of family planning services to a diverse population.

Desirable: Fluency in Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Nepali, Vietnamese or another language served at CHC Special expertise in provision of health care to underserved, culturally diverse populations Principle

Responsibilities and Duties

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments.
• Identifies potential and actual health and health-related problems
• Evaluates patient responses associated with the problem area(s).
• Diagnoses acute and chronic illness. Develops and implements treatment
• plans that include pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic components.
• Includes the patient and family as active participants in treatment
• plan. Focuses the NP/Patient interaction on wellness, health promotion,
• disease prevention, and self-care. Offers comprehensive clinical family
• planning services when appropriate. Reviews patient charts and ensures
• appropriate treatment plans are developed and followed. Completes all
• charts the same day of care or no later than 72 hours after the visit.
• Patient charts are completed in a manner that meets all risk management
• and chart audit requirements. Collaborates and consults with CHC
• physicians and other providers. When deemed necessary refers patients to
• appropriate specialists and other practitioners and facilities.
• Cooperates with efforts of CHC administration to monitor and improve the
• quality of patient care by evaluating patient outcomes. Maintains
• updated Nurse Practitioner guidelines. Participates in peer review of
• charts. Maintains all CME/CEU, Board and Licensing requirements of state
• and national governing Boards. This position requires compliance with
• Caring Health Center's compliance standards including its Standard of
• Conduct, Compliance program, and policies and procedures. Such
• compliance will be an element considered as part of the Nurse
• Practitioner's regular performance evaluation. This position also
• requires the ability to use a computer, work at a computer workstation,
• viewing a CRT and have some knowledge of a keyboard.

Salary ranges from $125,000 - $167,990