Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Job Title: Physician Extender/Nurse Practitioner
Location: Nellis AFB, NV 89191
Duration: 3+ years
Shift: 7am -5pm

Job Responsibilities:
• Responsible for a regularly appointed clinic, compatible with workload and, in addition, provide immediate evaluation and management of emergent problems as they occur.
• Shall have the capability to: Collect and record, in proper format, medical and social historical data appropriate to the patient's condition. Perform a general physical examination.
• Approving/disapproving sub specialty referrals. Answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff. Providing primary and secondary preventive maintenance care.
• Admit inpatients as per the local MTF instructions. Recognize those more complicated cases, initiate treatment (if appropriate), and refer to a higher level of medical expertise for diagnosis and/or treatment. Ensures compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the medical treatment facility.
• Strongly preferred working knowledge of the military health care system .Shall provide outpatient health care to qualifying beneficiaries as scheduled by the Government. Care shall include but not be limited to continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and medical care to entire family regardless of sex, age, or type of problem.
• Will maintain a program of comprehensive health for the family unit, to include preventive medicine, behavioral sciences, and community health. Provides primary or specialty medical care with the cognizance or supervision of a physician.
• Provides care within ethical and legal boundaries.
• Plan and initiate proper treatment within defined privileges and the scope of practice of the facility. Stabilize and manage a patient in a medical or surgical emergency and/or transfer to physician care. Determine appropriate means of evacuation of emergency patients, prepare patients for evacuation, and arrange for evacuation support. Perform the following blocks: Digital, Local Infiltration, and Intercostal Perform urological procedures.
• Excellent oral communication skills for patient/family education and telephone triage of patients. Telephone and in-person assessment/evaluation includes the determination of optimal time and location for patient management (ER, clinic, home care) and follow-up care as required.
• Prescribes and communicates treatment plans and patient teaching in accordance with established protocols.
• Collects and assesses significant patient history information and performs all necessary patient teaching.
• Excellent written communication skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity, including telephone contacts, in accordance with requirements. Participates in the orientation and training of newly assigned personnel, as appropriate.

Qualifications & Skills:
• Current Nurse Practitioner license in the State of NV.
• Minimum of three year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner in Family Health.
• Current CPR/BLS certification for healthcare professionals.
• Current ACLS certification for healthcare professionals.