Family Nurse Practitioner

Work Schedule Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Salary Range $150,000 to $173,800 per year

The Family Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive, patient-centered primary care services to patients across the lifespan, with an emphasis on serving underserved and diverse populations. Under the supervision and collaboration of the Medical Director and/or designated supervising physician, the Family Nurse Practitioner is responsible for assessing, diagnosing, treating, and managing acute and chronic health conditions.

The Family Nurse Practitioner conducts patient evaluations, obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, develops and implements individualized treatment plans, orders and interprets diagnostic tests, prescribes medications within the scope of practice, and provides preventive health services and patient education. The Family Nurse Practitioner works collaboratively with physicians, nurses, medical assistants, behavioral health providers, care coordinators, and other members of the care team to promote continuity of care and positive patient outcomes.

The position requires a commitment to culturally responsive, equitable, and high-quality healthcare. The Family Nurse Practitioner is expected to practice in accordance with applicable federal and state laws, professional standards, organizational policies, and established clinical protocols while maintaining accurate and timely medical documentation.

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong clinical judgment, communication, teamwork, and a commitment to providing accessible, compassionate care to patients from diverse backgrounds and with varying healthcare needs.

Listed below you will find essential duties and responsibilities to successfully perform this job. Reasonable accommodation will be granted, as necessary, to perform the essential duties and function of this position.

• Provide general primary care services to acute and chronic patients, including assessment, diagnosis, screening, education and treatment; referrals; and follow- up services
• Assess, stabilize, and determine disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with policy regarding emergencies.
• Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to adolescent and adult patients with illnesses, diseases, and functional disorders of the circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, metabolic, gastro-enteric, musculoskeletal, hematopoietic, and genitourinary systems.
• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat pediatric patients up to the age of 18 with common illnesses, injuries, or disorders. This includes the care of the normal newborn as well as the uncomplicated premature infant equal to or greater than 36 weeks gestation.
• Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to gynecologic post-pubescent female patients with injuries and disorders of the female reproductive system and the genitourinary system.
• Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to geriatric adult patients with illnesses and disorders that are especially prominent in the elderly or have different characteristics in the elderly.
• Assess, stabilize, and determine disposition of patients with urgent or emergent conditions consistent with policy regarding emergencies.
• Perform minor diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as laceration repair, incision, drainage of superficial soft tissues, EKG, X-Ray interpretations, Hemoglobin A1C, Urinalysis, immunizations, suture
• Assess patients to include medical, affective, cognitive, functional status, social support, economic, and environmental aspects related to health
• Manage aspects of preventive medicine, including nutrition, oral health, exercise, screening, immunization, and chemo prophylaxis against disease
• Manage the appropriate interdisciplinary coordination of the actions of multiple health professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers, dieticians, and rehabilitation experts, in the assessment and implementation of treatment
• Perform and review patient history and physical exams
• Supervise student preceptors, interns and externs
• Render primary care services to an average of 20 a patient per day
• Participate in activities aimed towards improving the quality of patient care
• Maintain appropriate, legible, and timely written patient records Complete patient charts in accordance with Health Center policies including patient referrals and lab orders
• Demonstrate a commitment to the provision of services for the…