Nurse Practitioner

NeighborHealth Job Opportunity

Everywhere you turn, you can feel the immeasurable level of enthusiasm here at NeighborHealth! We are one of the largest community health centers in the country, supporting the greater Boston area and focusing on the well-being of our patients and local community. From the nurses and physicians on the front line of patient care, to the managers who lead and guide our staff, to the many support roles that keep our facilities running smoothly - everyone plays a vital role in improving medicine for our patients.

The Nurse Practitioner may approach patients between the age of 0 to 20 and with all types of conditions; elicit histories; perform examinations; order, perform and interpret diagnostic studies; order and perform therapeutic procedures; instruct and counsel patients regarding physical and mental health issues; respond to life threatening situations; and facilitate the appropriate referral of patients; consistent with his or her supervising physician's scope of expertise and responsibility delegated to him or her by the supervising physician.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Obtains comprehensive and problem focused health history
• Performs a comprehensive and problem focused physical exam
• Orders and interprets screening and diagnostic tests
• Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making.
• Communicates with patients re: clinical findings
• Initiates appropriate and timely consultations (NP, PA & MD)

Qualifications and Requirements:

• MA License as Nurse Practitioner
• BLS/ALS/PALS Certification as required by dept
• Will require one evening a week and 1 weekend day a month.