Advanced Registered Nurse Practitoner - Gastroenterology

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Military & Health Research Foundation (MHRF) is seeking a skilled Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (Gastroenterology) position at Ft Hood Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center and its associated local locations. This role will support gastrointestinal specialty care by evaluating patients, developing and implementing treatment plans, and coordinating care with physicians and multidisciplinary teams.

The ideal candidate will bring strong clinical judgment, recent hands-on gastroenterology experience, and a commitment to safe, evidence-based patient care in both outpatient and inpatient settings. This opportunity is well suited for a professional who values collaboration, clear communication, accurate documentation, and service in a mission-focused military treatment facility. Candidates should be comfortable working flexible shifts as mission needs require, including possible days, evenings, weekends, holidays, or adjusted schedules. Candidates must be prepared to meet all privileging, credentialing, licensure, certification, and onboarding requirements prior to providing services.

Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities

• Prescribes for and treats a variety of gastrointestinal diseases, disorders, and injuries.
• Knowledge of the medical, biological, and physical sciences related to gastrointestinal specialty area.
• Knowledge of and skill to recognize emergency conditions to diagnose, prescribe for, and treat diseases, disorders, and injuries.
• Perform routine physical examinations to the management of moderately complex acute and chronic illnesses in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Performs initial patient work-up and assessment of patient care and treatment.
• Determines the need for and orders laboratory test, x-rays, and other procedures required to completely assess the patient.
• Distinguishes between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
• Provides surveillance of adherence to established gastroenterology policies and procedures to stabilize chronically ill patients.
• Adjusts regimens within established protocols recognizing when to refer the patient to the gastroenterologist or return to the patient’s primary care manager for other medical issues.
• Make decisions concerning the gastroenterology needs of patients with physicians.
• Works in collaboration with physicians in patient management evaluation and revision of therapeutic plans.
• Completes all necessary outpatient record entries, progress notes, admission/discharge paperwork, and dictates narrative summaries (as required) and within CRDAMC MTF policies and regulations.
• Ensures inpatient treatment documents and narrative summaries are countersigned by the attending physician.
• Provides full range of emergency services or crises interventions in the absence of the physician including lifesaving emergency procedures.
• Responsible for assigned panel of patients in the outpatient clinic.
• Occasionally provides preceptorship and/or teaching for candidate physician extenders, students, residents, fellows, technicians, and volunteers.

Minimum Requirements

• US Citizen
• Master’s degree in nursing (MSN) or doctoral degree (DNP). Graduate from an academic program, within the nursing specialty field of study that is accredited by a regional or national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience, post education/graduate and post-licensure. Experience must be with last 4 years
• Minimum of 3 years of experience
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
• Certified in the specialty as a Nurse Practitioner
• Possess NPI, BLE and DEA registration number
• Past experience and practice must be in FNP, ACPCNP or AGACNP with hands on knowledge and experience related to gastrointestinal specialties and patient care.
• Professional Certification (s):
  
  
  • Certified in the specialty as a Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the recognized national nursing certification organization for the specialty area of practice as appropriate 
  • Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. 
  • National Provider Identifier (NPI) from CMMS 
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) by AHA or American Red Cross
  • Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration number

Additional Information

• Must pass TB Test
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Willingness to comply with DHA vaccination requirements.
• Willingness to complete a physical examination
• Pre-employment drug screening
• Required to wear PPE during performance of services.
• Walking, long periods of standing, stretching, crouching, bending, stooping, lifting to 50lbs, lifting over 50lbs with assistance.
• Exposure to infections disease; toxic, hazardous, or irritating chemicals; carcinogenic materials; noxious fumes; flammable liquids; radiation; pathogenic bacteria; electric hazards.
• Contract workers should maintain good personal hygiene and present a well-groomed and professional appearance IAW the policy at the place of performance.

The Military & Health Research Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated to discovering and transitioning lasting solutions for troops on the battlefield and across civilian healthcare settings. Since 2011, our goal is to ensure that dynamic life-saving technologies with advances in healthcare are readily accessible when the need arises.   

MHRF is an EEO Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.