Family Nurse Practitioner

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Prince George’s County Government provides a dynamic and inclusive workplace where employees can thrive, learn, and grow across its 30 diverse agencies, all dedicated to serving the County’s residents with essential resources and services. Nestled just minutes away from Washington, DC, Prince George's County combines urban vibrancy with serene surroundings, offering an ideal setting to live, work, and enjoy life.

The Prince George’s County Department of Health is currently seeking qualified applicants to fill a Family Nurse Practitioner (Nurse Practitioner I/II), grade A23/A25 position, in the Family Health Services/Reproductive Health Clinical Care Division.

This entry level specialized professional community health nursing role provides direct primary care, comprehensive nursing, therapeutic and preventive health care services in an expanded nurse role as a nurse practitioner to individuals, families and groups. Work is done in accordance with the Maryland Nurse Practice Act and the Practice of the Nurse Practitioner regulations.

The Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse (R.N.) who has advanced education and clinical training in a health care specialty area. Such specialty areas include, but are not limited to:
Well Woman, Reproductive Health, PrEP, STI and HIV care and treatment, Adult Health, and Women’s/Ob Gyn Health.

Selected individuals are responsible for providing care to clients by assessing health status, performing physical examinations, providing treatment, prescribing medications, recommending follow-up care and making referrals to appropriate health professionals. In addition, the incumbent provides health teaching, counseling and guidance to patients and their families. Work is performed under the direction of a higher-level nurse who provides administrative and professional nursing supervision and under the direction of a physician with whom a joint formal written agreement has been signed.

Work requires making decisions concerning interpretation of considerable data such as physical/psychiatric examinations and laboratory reports. The employee’s work is reviewed through records, reports, conferences and observation. Upon the satisfactory completion of a one-year probationary period, entry-level incumbents may be non-competitively promoted to the Nurse Practitioner II full performance level at Management’s discretion.

The Prince George’s County Health Department (PGCHD) envisions that all Prince Georgians are their healthiest at every age and stage. Its mission is to lead, engage, and empower our community to work collaboratively toward disease prevention, health equity, and total well-being. The department includes four divisions:
Behavioral Health Services, Environmental Health and Disease Control, Family Health Services, and Health and Wellness.

• Obtain a comprehensive health history from patient or family, record findings and make critical evaluation of patient health status.
• Perform a detailed examination and assessment on patients and discriminate between normal and abnormal findings.
• Evaluate and review findings with physician and decide which patients need additional care either within or outside the scope of Health Department services.
• Identify and manage acute and chronic illness in accordance with established medical protocols.
• Provide emergency care or crisis intervention in the absence of the physician.
• Provide follow‑up care of clients who have been diagnosed and treated by the physician and referred to the nurse practitioner.
• Maintain current clinical and nursing records.
• Serve as a consultant to other health care providers.
• Formulate and implement plans of care which may involve various forms of treatment and prescribed medications; recommend follow‑up care and make referrals as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited college or university, or completion of a nursing program determined by the Maryland State Board of Nursing to be equivalent to a program accredited by the National League for Nursing.
• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Community Health Nursing…