Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive, evidence-based routine and acute care to university students within Student Health Services. Working collaboratively with physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing staff, administrative staff, Counseling Services, and other campus and community partners, the Nurse Practitioner supports the health and well-being of students and their ability to participate fully in their academic experience.

The Nurse Practitioner independently evaluates, diagnoses, and manages a broad range of acute and chronic health conditions within the scope of advanced practice nursing and applicable state and federal law. The position emphasizes accessible, confidential, student-centered care appropriate to the needs of a diverse young-adult population.

UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands‑on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

• Multiple health and dental plan options, plus vision coverage.
• Up to 8% retirement plan match.
• Generous leave time, including vacation, sick, and personal time, and 12+ holidays per year.
• Educational benefits
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  • UNE tuition waiver for employees, spouses, and domestic partners.
  • UNE tuition waiver for dependents of employees with 1 year of full-time service.
  • 50% tuition reduction if less than 1 year of full-time service.
• Diagnose, evaluate, treat and manage acute and chronic illness, disease and injury, independently and/or in consultation/referral with another health care provider.
• Provide ongoing management of appropriate chronic health conditions and coordinate care with outside specialists and primary care providers when indicated.
• Perform comprehensive and focused histories and physical examinations and develop individualized plans of care.
• Provide preventive health services, health maintenance, risk assessment, screening, and health education.
• Provide sexual and reproductive health services, including contraception counseling and management, STI screening and treatment, gynecologic evaluation, and other services within the provider’s scope of practice and competency.
• Evaluate common behavioral and mental health concerns, assess safety and level of care, provide appropriate treatment within scope, and coordinate or refer to Counseling Services, psychiatric providers, emergency services, or community resources when indicated.
• Provide immunizations, tuberculosis screening and evaluation, and other health services required for academic programs, clinical placements, athletics, travel, or other university activities as appropriate.
• Order, perform and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies including point‑of‑care testing, laboratory studies and imaging and provide appropriate follow‑up of results in a timely manner.
• Prescribe medications and therapeutic interventions in accordance with professional standards, applicable laws and regulations, organizational policies, and scope of practice.
• Perform minor office procedures such as biopsies, suturing, lesion removals, splinting and immobilizing.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and complete documentation in the electronic health record consistent with clinical, regulatory, billing, and institutional…