Nurse Practitioner X Clinic
Listed on 2026-06-28
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Nursing
Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare Nursing, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Advanced Practice Nurse/APRN
Location: Dorchester Center
Nurse Practitioner X Clinic
Codman Square Health Center - Dorchester, MA 02124
OverviewSalary Range $55.00 - $72.00 Hourly Level Experienced Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day Category Health Care
DescriptionPosition Summary:
The Nurse Practitioner functions under the direction of the Medical Director or his/her designee in the Family Practice and Women's Health departments. The Advance Practice Nurse is a self directed nurse practitioner with advanced knowledge, skill and competence in a defined area of nursing practice. The individual functions as an educator, consultant, and coordinator of care and is a primary provider of care for a select group of patients.
Covers STD Clinic.
The ANP is responsible to a designated physician for supervision of patient case management/prescription writing.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skill necessary to independently provide care to clients within specialty area and across the health care continuum.
- Complete detailed medical history, record current illness or injury, conduct a physical examination, order and perform appropriate laboratory and other diagnostic tests.
- Makes appropriate internal/external referrals, and effectively utilizes available community resources.
- Assist clients and their families.
- Assess results of tests and make appropriate clinical judgments.
- Assess physical and psychosocial health and illness status of patient.
- Serve as a clinical resource to staff across the health care continuum for a given specialty area.
- Deliver care in a manner that preserves and protects client autonomy, dignity, confidentiality, and rights.
- Document pertinent client and family data in the medical record per department standards.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively within and across disciplines.
- Validate that clinical practice meets established standards through participation in department and unit based quality improvement projects
- Utilize quality improvement data and research findings to enhance client care.
- Provide client and family teaching focused on current treatment and procedures as well as health promotion and illness/injury prevention.
- Professional Development
- Identify own learning needs and assume responsibility for maintaining current knowledge and competency in clinical practice specialty.
- Participate in professional, community, or governmental organizations that function to advance the nursing profession and/or improve health care delivery to consumers
- Complete the annual mandatory trainings, eg. Safety review, Infection Control standards.
- Participate as a committee member/chairperson when requested.
- Maintains and provides upon request required records for the purposes of credentialing and privileging with hospitals and/or insurances.
- Attends required meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Nurse Practitioner:
Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN). Must be a currently licensed registered nurse in the state of Massachusetts, have Nurse Practitioner authorization for prescriptive authority, and have successfully completed boards. Previous NP experience required. Spanish & Haitian Creole preferred.
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