Nurse Practitioner

$30,000 SIGN ON BONUS

Bloomington Health Center - 811 West 2nd Street, Bloomington, IN 47403

Promote excellence in clinical nursing practice by providing expertise in advanced clinical practice, education, consultant services and clinical research.

• Assesses health status through obtainment of relevant health history and comprehensive physical exam, preventive screening, and identification of medical risk factors.
• Formulates appropriate differential diagnosis and identification of individual, family and community needs. Develops treatment plan to maximize the health potential of the individual, family, and/or community.
• May conduct patient care conferences, facilitate discharge planning, and develop policies and procedures.
• Orders and adjusts medications per collaborative written agreement and prescriptive authority in accordance with the Indiana Nurse Practice Act; or in consultation with the physician. Directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards for nursing practice.
• Serves as a clinical resource for the nursing and other back office staff, physicians, and other health care providers. Serves as an advocate for patients, staff, and management.
• Works with a diverse population of low socioeconomic status, multi-cultural/multilingual, high percentage of substance use, low educational attainment, and late and sporadic care patients.
• Apply a minimum of one health literacy method when communicating with patients/clients.

• Advances clinical skills and knowledge by attending continuing medical education trainings as to maintain licensure in accordance with Indiana Nurse Practice Act.
• Collaborates with other departments to assess learning needs and plan staff education programs.
• Emphasizes wellness and self-care by sharing information needed to make healthy lifestyle choices and health care decisions to patients, family and the community.

• Functions as a clinical expert by providing consultative services to health team members and community.
• Markets consultative services and educational programs to the other health team members to problem-solve complex clinical situations and positively impact patient and family outcomes.

• Promotes and participation in applying the principle/model of continuous improvement to improve existing processes and enhance the effective utilization of resources (human and material).
• Collaborates with medical and service line leadership on quality improvement initiatives.
• Compares clinical practices to national standards in order to positively affect patient’s outcomes.

• Currently not sponsoring work visa.
• Master's Degree, Family Nurse Practitioner
• Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN);
  Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• National Board Certification as an FNP
• Requires certification as Nurse Practitioner from the state of Indiana as required for exercising prescriptive authority.
• CSR and DEA license
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA. Other advanced life support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.
• Must meet the educational and experiential requirement as outlined in Indiana Administrative Code 848 IAC 4-4-4 Nurse Practitioner.

• Knowledge of the service standards and regulatory standards governing care delivery and operations.
• Requires clinical expertise as applicable to individual area.
• Requires the ability to assess learning needs and plan educational programs.
• Requires strong communication; negotiation; collaboration and problem- solving skills.
• Requires the ability to be flexible and work effectively in teams/groups.
• Requires the ability to handle pressure of life‑threatening situations.
• Travel may be required.

• Able to be involved in degrees of prolonged standing, walking, sitting, bending, squatting, and stooping; as well as abilities of repeated bending, stooping, and squatting.
• Able to lift, push, and/or pull equipment, light to moderately heavy weight up to 20-30 pounds is a necessary function of this position.
• Able to perform duties during periods of varied and/or…