Job Description : The Family Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive, cost effective health care to families which includes assessment, diagnosis, and treatment according to the standards of advanced nursing practice.
Educational Requirements : Graduate of an ANA accredited Nurse Practitioner program. Master’s Degree in Nursing required.
Experience Required : Minimum of two years of relevant experience preferred as a Nurse Practitioner preferred with demonstrated ability to work independently.
Professional Licensure / Special Skills And Certification Required : Current licensure by Massachusetts Board of Nursing.
Nationally certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Current DEA / Mass Controlled Substance license for prescriptive authority.
BLS required. Interpersonal Relationships / Organizational Expectations : Commitment to providing health care to families in a medically underserved community.
Willingness to be flexible in the development of new methods of health service delivery. Ability to deal with sensitive information in a highly confidential manner.
Effective communication skills, both oral and written, with patients, families, visitors, co-workers, health care professionals, funders and other regulatory agencies.
Bilingual in English and another language appropriate to the health center’s patient population preferred, but not required.
Ability to function independently with minimal supervision, and to plan, coordinate, and carry out those tasks necessary to meet the job responsibilities.
Awareness of resources available within the health center to accommodate the needs of patients. Commitment to providing cost conscious, fiscally responsible, timely, efficient, effective, safe, patient-centered, culturally competent, equitable, and participatory health care.
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