Nurse Practitioner/Physician's Assistant

Nurse Practitioner Opportunity in Artesia, New Mexico

Artesia, New Mexico, nestled in the southeast corner of New Mexico between Roswell and Carlsbad, has a unique culture dating back to the 1800s. The city was designated a New Mexico Arts and Cultural District in November 2013. The Artesia Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) provides primary and specialty care health services, including cardiology, laboratory, and pathology services, social work, and rehabilitation services. It offers a variety of services to those struggling with addiction, including dual diagnosis, adult and elderly rehab, LGBTQ friendly rehab, military rehab, men's and women's rehab, young adult rehab, detox treatment, inpatient and outpatient rehab, aftercare support, sober living homes, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectic behavior therapy, experiential therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and trauma therapy.

Nurse Practitioner's Responsibilities

• Will be responsible and accountable for assessment, diagnosis, and management of patient problems, including prescription of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic intervention.
• The scope of practice of a nurse practitioner includes, but is not limited to, each of the following:
  • Advanced practice registered nursing by certified nurse practitioners is based on knowledge and skills acquired throughout an advanced practice registered nurse's nursing education, training, and experience.
  • Advanced nursing patient assessment and diagnosis.
  • Ordering diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures, performing those tests and procedures when using health care equipment, and interpreting and using the results of diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures ordered by the advanced practice registered nurse or another health care professional.
  • Ordering treatments, ordering, or applying appropriate medical devices, and using nursing, medical, therapeutic, and corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
  • Providing palliative and end-of-life care.
  • Providing advanced counseling, patient education, health education, and patient advocacy.

Physician's Assistant's Responsibilities

• Will provide quality patient care in collaboration with other health care professionals.
• Ability to utilize the principles of PA practice in the care of assigned patients to provide appropriate care.
• Ability to formulate a plan and provide treatment to the patient.
• Ability to provide patient care that is abreast of changing concepts and advancements in the profession.
• Ability to function autonomously and make independent medical decisions.
• Ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary environment for improvement of services for patient care.
• Will function as experts in clinical practice and/or in areas related to the assigned roles and responsibilities, may serve as mentors for transitioning PA's and may provider training for health care students.
• Skilled to consistently demonstrate an elevated level of expertise and autonomy in diagnosing and treating seriously ill, multi-symptomatic patients through facility Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE).
• Ability to present clinical findings and recommendations to appropriate management officials.
• Ability to clinically facilitate the delivery of patient care in collaborating with health professionals, health managers, and other health care personnel.
• Ability to implement and initiate clinical changes to established treatment protocols based upon new medical literature research findings to enhance patient delivery care for improved patient outcomes.

Requirements

Nurse Practitioner's Requirements:

• Must have a Master's degree in nursing.
• Must have a current and unrestricted license in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
• Must have a current Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification by a provider recognized by the American Heart Association.
• Must have a minimum of one-year experience in the clinical areas of intended assignment.

Physician's Assistant's Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited Bachelor's or Master's program in physician studies.
• Current and continuous certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Licensure: PA's must possess an active, current, full and unrestricted license to practice in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.

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