Registered Nurse - Family Practice

Community Tucson, AZ

There are more than 350 days of sunshine in Tucson, and people here love to soak it up. Golfing? Got that! On warm summer days, hiking trails lead to refreshing, lush watering holes to cool down in, and adventurers flock to the Sky Island of Mount Lemmon, where temperatures are cooler and pine trees offer an escape from the Sonoran Desert. Closer to the city, Tumamoc offers miles of views. Surrounding it all is The Loop, a paved multipurpose trail that's more than 130 miles in length for bikers, horseback riders and power walkers. Saguaro National Park straddles the east and west sides of the city, with more than 91,000 acres to explore. Take a dive into history and be inspired with the remnants of the 1775 Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, from where the City of Tucson was established when you visit the San Xavier del Client Mission, or wander the colorful adobes in Barrio Viejo, one of Tucson's first neighborhoods. There's a little bit of everything for everyone in Tucson, Arizona; whether you enjoy living the secluded private life or consider yourself a social butterfly, you'll find something here for you.

The Facility The Davis Monthan AFB Medical Clinic

4175 S Alamo Ave Bldg 400, Tucson, AZ Located within the city limits of Tucson, approximately 5 miles south-southeast of downtown Tucson. The base is best known as the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), the aircraft boneyard for all excess military and government aircraft. Tucson's dry climate and alkali soil made it an ideal location for aircraft storage and preservation. The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base consists of Continuous Medical Readiness Cell, Family Health, and Flight Medicine.

Responsibilities Include, But Not Limited To:

• Provide comprehensive professional nursing care for TRICARE Prime enrolled beneficiaries, as well as TRICARE for Life and space available beneficiaries ranging from newborn to geriatric age presenting with complex and interdependent acute and chronic conditions.
• Serve as a part of the Primary Care Manager (PCM) team within the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of health care delivery, will provide nursing assistance in the full spectrum management of professional and patient care activities within their scope of practice.
• Assess and identify individual patient care needs, applying the nursing process in making appropriate clinical decisions for pediatric, adolescent, adult, obstetric, and geriatric patients in a cost-effective manner.
• Execute medical orders, request diagnostic tests and place appropriate referrals as directed by the provider.
• Obtain diagnostic test results and outside consultations, notifying the provider of abnormal results, and arrange follow-up care as directed by the provider as clinically indicated.
• Screen/triage telephone, electronic, and in-person requests for patient care concerns, provide advise by telephone, secure messaging, or in person per 355 MDG approved protocols or as directed by the provider in assisting the patient to arrange treatment.
• Administer topical, oral, IM, SQ and IV medications as directed by the provider. Must demonstrate proficiency in medication administration prior to giving medications in the 355 MDG.
• Perform nursing procedures within credentials and scope of practice. Procedures may include, but are not limited to catheterizations, visual acuity tests, tonometry, EKGs, irrigation of eyes and ears, nebulizer treatments, and PFTs.
• Perform case management, utilization management, and disease management functions.
• Assist providers with patient examinations, therapeutic measures, and procedures.
• Identify and report cases which have public health significance.
• Assist in stabilizing patients in a medical or surgical emergency, ensuring appropriate care/transfer to a higher-level facility is accomplished as clinically indicated.
• Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the medical treatment facility. Provide care within ethical and legal boundaries.
• Provide accurate and effective guidance and feedback to the medical team members in a collegial and professional manner to facilitate team based clinical operations that result in effective, efficient, timely and cohesive patient care. Participate in orientation, training, and evaluation of duty performance of newly assigned personnel, as appropriate.
• May be required to work various schedules or augment clinical nursing support during the absence of other team nurses due to illness, leave or deployment.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 24 months of nursing experience within the last 36 months. Experience in a primary care setting with at least 12 months of family practice experience is highly desirable.
• A strong working knowledge and skills to use a variety of computer systems. A strong working knowledge of the military health care system and computer documentation is highly desirable.
• A strong working knowledge of the military health care system including TRICARE health benefits, fee-for service principles, preferred provider network and managed care/HMO organizations is highly desirable.

License - Certifications

• A permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) in accordance with 355th Medical Group policies. Pediatric Life Support (PALS) is highly recommended.
• National certification in Ambulatory Care Nursing is highly desirable.

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