Nurse Practitioner PER DIEM, Family Medicine

Navajo Preference Employment Act

Serves as nurse practitioner at the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, Tuba City, Arizona, which involves performance of medical care services for patients in the Family Medicine outpatient clinic.

• Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice

• Must possess a valid, current, full, and unrestricted license to practice as a nurse practitioner in any state within the United States, District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
• Certification by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

• Must have a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience as a Nurse Practitioner.

• Must meet additional requirements for credentialing and privileging for membership to the Medical Staff

• A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers. All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas:
• Positive working relationships with others
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally diverse environment
• Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to optimize the care of patients
• Excellent clinical skills and judgment
• Is seen as a staff member who is trustworthy
• Is a mentor to colleagues and other organizational staff
• Responds effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints
• Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance and that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of fingerprint clearance requirements, physical examinations, and other screenings indicating that the applicant is qualified to be employed by TCRHCC and demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Submission of all required employment-related documents, applications, resumes, references, and other required information free of false, misleading, or incomplete information, as determined by TCRHCC

Must be able to frequently walk several hundred yards quickly, sit, stand, and reach, occasionally bend and kneel. Must also be able to write well, hear well (for cardiac examinations) and see well for complete diagnostic skills. Sensory requirements are near vision, hearing normal speech, telephone use, frequent depth perception, hearing overhead pages and occasional far vision, color vision and seeing fine details.

Interaction with emotionally disturbed patients is common. Must be able to work evenings on a regular basis and handle the stresses of rural medicine. Must be able to continuously cope with high level of stress, make decisions under high pressure, concentrate, handle high degree of flexibility, demonstrate high degree of patience, adapt to shift work, frequently cope with anger, fear, hostility of others in a calm way, handle multiple priorities in stressful situation and occasionally work alone and work in areas that are close and crowded.

Work is performed in a clinic setting where exposure to infectious disease is common May have frequent exposure to chemical agents, occasional exposure to dust, fumes, gases, extremes in temperature or humidity, and loud noises.

Provides comprehensive diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic health care services to adult patients.