Family Nurse Practitioner/Certified Physician Assistant

Family Nurse Practitioner

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Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical services in Internal Medicine or Family Practice at the assigned location. Clinic day services shall be performed in accordance with a work schedule established by the Chief of Primary Care or Internal Medicine.
• Knowledge of the diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic positions related to a variety of medical health care fields, including nurse practitioners, emergencies, medicine, minor/major surgery, and nutrition.
• Knowledge of human behavior during stressful situations in order to exercise emotional control, tact, patience, and reliability in carrying out patient care.
• Must have skills in making diagnoses and in choosing, initiating, and modifying selected therapies, and the ability to provide emergency treatment if necessary.
• Must have skills in working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and different cultures; ability to assess the physical-psychosocial health status of patients and family based upon the knowledge of growth and development patterns and health conditions that require medical management.
• Must be capable of providing services to patients of all ages, from pediatric to geriatric.
• Must have the ability to provide guidance and leadership to other healthcare providers.

Requirements:

• Must possess an active, valid, and current certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• Must have certification through the AANP/NCCPA, respectively.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
• Degree or diploma from a professional nursing or physician assistant program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed.
• Possess sufficient initiative, interpersonal relationship skills, social, and cultural sensitivities, and appropriate professional behavior in order to relate constructively to Client employees, contractors, vendors, and individuals from various Native American communities or Tribes.

KurzSolutions is committed to improving health outcomes by providing well-managed companies with the top healthcare talent in the market. KurzSolutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.