FAMILY NURSE PRACTIONER

DescriptionCCHC Las Vegas is seeking Nurse Practitioner to provide primary and urgent care services in a newly renovated Las Vegas clinic. This is a newly opened site, backed by Comprehensive Community Health Centers, an established organization with over 20 years of experience expanding access to care. Full-time opportunity with an immediate start available.Family Nurse Practitioner Job SummaryProvides continuous and comprehensive services necessary for the promotion of optimalhealth, prevention and treatment, in an underserved community clinic. To perform a variety of advanced clinical duties involved in assessing, treating, controlling, and preventing patient illness and disease within the assigned public health nursing program; to perform physical examinations; identify patients with physical and emotional illness; and to administer medications as prescribed.Family Nurse Practitioner Essential Duties And Responsibilities Identify physical and emotional illnesses through observations, interpretations of laboratory finding, and analysis of patient charts; analysis of diagnostic tests and appropriate medical, hospital, or other health care as neededFacilitates and implements systems that promote effective collaborative communication with colleagues, peers, physician associates, staff, hospital relationships and other members of the health care team. Works closely with the Medical Director to ensure the delivery of quality patient care. Maintain confidentiality and patient privacy. Maintains Compliance with patient rights, guidelines and standards.Provides direction for continuous quality improvement activities and develops methods for measuring the effectiveness of education and practice activities. Performs in quality assurance review on a periodic basis, including systematic review of records and treatment plans. Assists in the establishment and maintenance of CCHC quality improvement program that monitors important aspects of care, identifies problems in care, implements changes to improve care, and evaluated effectiveness of action taken. Collaborates with physician colleagues of the development of process protocols and standardized procedure guidelines for the delivery of patient care. Monitors the success and failure of developed programs and reviews the community service satisfaction as outcome measurements. Perform duties as assigned by Chief Medical Director.RequirementsFAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE Completion of a Master’s degree in nursing or a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) Must be certified by one of the following organizations:American Academy of Nurse PractitionersAmerican Nurses Credentialing CenterNational Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing SpecialtiesPediatric Certification Board (previously the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and NursesOncology Nurses Certification CorporationAACN Certification CorporationNational Board on Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses Possession of a valid Registered Nurse Nevada license. Preferably two years nursing experience in an outpatient clinic.Family Nurse Practitioner Benefits Above market pay for highly qualified candidates Paid HolidaysPaid Time OffWellness Day Off401(k) and 401(k) matchingMalpractice coverageCME allowanceFlexible Spending AccountFringe Marketplace Points