Nurse Practitioner

LINK Healthcare is a growing and innovative healthcare solution, which provides direct primary care to employees and eligible dependents. The clinic provides a wide range of services including primary care, occupational health, acute and chronic disease management, and urgent care. We also offer a comprehensive health and wellness program that promotes employee satisfaction and integrates in unison with our clinical team. The clinic provides comprehensive lab services, x-rays and common office procedures. LINK acts as a health navigator, helping employees choose the highest quality care at the best possible price.

The nurse practitioner is a licensed, independent health care provider who is responsible for managing heath issues and coordinating care in accordance with State and Federal rules and regulations, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and implementation of patient care.

The qualities that make LINK unique to other healthcare entities:

• We take the time to develop relationships with our patients in a rush-free environment
• Our appointments are a minimum of 30 minutes
• We offer same day care and minimal wait times for routine care appointments
• Our membership is "all-inclusive", we do not bill insurance for our services, allowing for a seamless patient experience with no out of pocket costs to the patient
• Our employer partners work closely with the LINK Team to remove any barriers to accessing high quality care
• Being independent of any "big system" limitations, we can always direct the patient to the highest quality, low cost options available when care is needed outside the LINK continuum

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Functions independently to perform history and physical, including screening exams, for acute and chronically ill patients on an outpatient basis.
• Working with employer groups to provide comprehensive health care to employees, their families, and co-workers/staff.
• Performs physical examinations.
• Diagnoses health conditions.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests (labs, x-rays, etc) appropriate to patient’s health care needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Collaborates with staff and multidisciplinary team members to identify and implement patient plan of care needs.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Acts as a resource person for decision making, planning, and policies affecting the health and well-being of patients and staff.
• Ability to detect changes in patient conditions, and need for referrals, transfers, etc to a higher-level of patient care if needed.
• Administer necessary medications and perform trained medical procedures as deemed medically necessary (examples include, but not limited to, laceration repair, splinting/casting/orthopedic care, incision and drainage techniques, simply skin lesion removals, foreign body removals, cryotherapy).
• Continually delivers high-quality patient/family care while maintaining company policies and safety regulations.
• Must be willing to go on-site with employers and engage with the employees to promote health and wellness.

Working Environment:

• LINK offers a relaxed, collaborative environment with a focus on relationship building and optimal patient outcomes.
• All team members are encouraged to be a part of shaping our processes and our culture.
• On-the-job training and orientation are provided.
• Flexible hours are available.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Strong ability to prioritize.
• Ability to maintain HIPAA compliance and safety provisions.
• Passing a recertification exam every 10 years.

Desired Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of an approved/accredited School of Nursing.
• Successful completion of an approved/accredited Nurse Practitioner Program. Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Licensure in Wisconsin. Current DEA Licensure State of Wisconsin.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) card.