Nurse Practitioner

17 hours ago


Dorchester, United States Uphams Corner Health Center Full time
Job Details

Job Location
415 Columbia Rd - Dorchester, MA

Description

Position Title: Nurse Practitioner-Pediatric

Department: Primary Care

Supervisor: Medical Director

Hours per week: Exempt - 40 hours per week

Primary Function:

Under the general direction of the Medical Director, or Physician, provide health maintenance, episodic illness, and chronic disease patient care to patients aged 0-21 years.

Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Provide primary medical management for patients through collaboration with a physician.
  • Delivers patient care and patient education in a manner that is appropriate to patient's age, physical ability, educational level and culture.
  • Conduct health assessments and evaluate the needs of patients in the primary care clinic.
  • Conduct physical exams, order and/or perform laboratory and diagnostic tests, and make clinical judgments regarding results.
  • Perform minor surgical procedures independently.
  • Participate in the development of a comprehensive plan of care for each patient.
  • Initiate appropriate consultation and referrals.
  • Provide health information and teaching with emphasis on prevention and curative treatment.
  • Act as primary care resource to the Pediatric Multidisciplinary Team.
  • Participate in educational activities with nurses, nurse practitioner, and medical students.
  • Document History & Physical, assessment and treatment intervention in medical record.
  • Participate in committees for quality of care, standards of care, policies and procedures, and other program development activities.
  • Maintain current standards of practice and seek professional development.
  • Participate in regularly scheduled clinical care, team and department meetings.
  • Perform other duties assigned by physician and / or supervisor as required.
Qualifications

Minimum Basic Knowledge:

Current certification and licensure as a Nurse Practitioner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Experience & Qualifications:
  • Current certification and licensure as a Nurse Practitioner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • Ability to maintain patient confidentiality at all times as required by the health center and regulations.
  • Experience working with neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, and young adults to age 21.
  • Experience in culturally diverse settings and passionate about community health.
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary team including skill in openness to input from staff at all levels of education and function within the health center.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with patients and with staff.
  • Strong leadership, interpersonal, teaching, and organizational skills.
  • Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required.
  • Proficient Spanish, Portuguese and/or Cape Verdean desirable.
  • UCHC strongly encourages applicants from diverse populations to work with us in the care of this diverse community.
Independent Action:
  • Ability to work independently with appropriate assessment for referral.
Supervisory Responsibility:
  • Clinical supervision to nursing staff.
  • Supervision to nursing and nurse practitioner students.

Define Access Level to PHI:

Level 4 [Authorized to access full health information. UCHC position and job responsibilities involve the provision of patient care and working as a clinical team member. Staff in this category level, although allowed full access, should only access the necessary information for each respective treatment encounter/circumstance].
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