Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner

Job Details

Working title:

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner, Worden Satellite Clinic

Classification title:
Physician Assistants (29-1071) or Nurse Practitioner (29-1171)

Division:
Community Health Center

Program:
Worden Clinic

Reports to:

CHC Medical Director

FLSA status:
Exempt;
Full-Time

Schedule:

Monday-Friday: 3 days Worden Location, 2 days Billings Location. May participate in Saturday clinic rotation

Wage Range: $100,000 to $134,399 annually, depending on number of years of transferrable experience and internal equity

River Stone Health has served the Yellowstone County community and south-central Montana for nearly 50 years, offering medical, dental and behavioral healthcare; home care and hospice; public health services including immunizations, WIC, health promotion, restaurant inspections; and education of future health professionals. Our core principles are access, affordability, compassion, and quality. River Stone Health improves life, health and safety for all the communities we serve.

This position provides general primary and preventive health care counseling and treatment for patients in accordance with licensure and approved privileges. The position works as a team member to support patients to achieve health goals and/or improvement in health outcomes. This position may provide coverage at other River Stone Health locations.

• General Duties 80%
• Counsel and educate patients about health issues such as diet, nutrition, emotional and mental health, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, and contraceptives.
• Assess patient’s health lifestyle, including taking a complete medical history of the patient.
• Review medications patients are taking.
• Perform physical examinations of patients.
• Collect medical specimens and performs several basic medical tests.
• Order medical laboratory tests and/or X-rays.
• Evaluate medical test results and interpret them to patients.
• Treat patient’s diagnosed conditions.
• Provide surgical and/or other medical referrals as necessary.
• Keep immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems.
• Attend meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and review publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas.
• Respond to patients and citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner.
• Communicate and coordinate regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities.
• Provide needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions.
• Rural clinic specific 15%
• Provide outpatient clinical primary care services in a rural setting.
• Coordinate care of patients who may require transportation to a more resource intensive setting.
• Effectively communicate with supervising physicians and specialist providers who may be remote to the job site.

• Perform other duties as assigned in support of River Stone’s mission and goals.

• Bachelor’s degree in the medical or nursing field
• A Master’s degree in physician assistant studies or Advanced Practice Degree in Nursing
• Two to four years of clinical practice, primary care, pediatric experience and/or clinical rotation with River Stone Health
• Any combination of experience and training which provide the equivalent scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work.

• Five years of clinical practice, primary care and/or pediatric experience
• Experience working with underserved population

• Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Licensed in the State of Montana
• Must be credentialed and privileged in accordance with River Stone Health Clinic processes

• Computer literacy, in…