Nurse Practitioner

Caring Health Center, Inc.; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Caring Health Center, Inc. seeks a Nurse Practitioner to join our Springfield, MA on-site team.

The role emphasizes comprehensive patient assessments, diagnoses of acute and chronic illness, and development of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment plans with patient and family involvement. The ideal candidate will hold Massachusetts NP licensure or be eligible for certification, collaborate with physicians, social workers, and case managers, and deliver high-quality preventive care,

Qualifications

• Massachusetts NP licensure and/or eligibility for certification.
• Certification in Family Practice, Adult, or Pediatric.
• Ability to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in ambulatory care and/or public health preferred.
• Desirable: Fluency in Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Nepali, Vietnamese or another CHC-served language.
• Maintain CME/CEU, board and licensing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments.
• Diagnose acute and chronic illness and develop treatment plans.
• Include patient and family in treatment plan; focus on wellness and prevention.
• Review charts and ensure treatment plans are followed; timely charting within 72 hours.
• Collaborate with CHC physicians and other providers; refer to specialists as needed.
• Support quality improvement and compliance with CHC standards.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Family planning

Spanish/other languages desirable

Computer use

Education

Massachusetts NP licensure / eligibility for certification

Certification in Family Practice, Adult, or Pediatric

Tools

Electronic health records

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.