Nurse Practitioner

Pay Rate: $72 hour $32.72

Setting: Outpatient Primary Care

Patient Population: Pediatric, Adult, and Geriatric

Type of contract: 1099 or Non-SCA (to be determined)

Period of Performance: 1 year with option to extend

Place of Performance

Ute Mountain Ute Health Center (UMUHC)

232 Rustling Willow Street. Towaoc, CO 81334

Work Schedule

• Monday Friday 8:00 AM 4:30 PM
• 40 hours per week
• No weekends or federal holidays
• 30-minute unpaid lunch break

Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner will provide comprehensive outpatient primary care services to pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.

• Conduct patient assessments, physical examinations, and clinical evaluations.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic medical conditions.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
• Provide preventive care, health maintenance, and follow-up services.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging, and other appropriate diagnostic procedures.
• Prescribe medications and therapeutic interventions within the authorized scope of practice.
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, behavioral health providers, and other healthcare professionals.
• Initiate specialty referrals and coordinate continuity of care.
• Assist with patient stabilization, transfers, and coordination with outside healthcare facilities when necessary.
• Provide scheduled clinic appointments, same-day visits, and walk-in patient care.
• Participate in quality assurance, infection prevention, patient safety, and clinical improvement initiatives.
• Complete accurate and timely documentation in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Maintain compliance with IHS policies, clinical protocols, and applicable healthcare regulations.

Required Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license issued by any U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia.
• National Nurse Practitioner certification appropriate to the clinical specialty.
• Minimum 3 years of recent clinical experience providing primary care services to both adult and pediatric patients.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Current DEA registration, if applicable to the scope of practice.
• ACLS and PALS