Nurse Practitioner

Job DetailsJob Location

• Health &
• Wellness
• Center -
• Clay
• City,
• KY 40312Salary
• Range: $110,000.00 - $110,000.00 Salary/yearSign-On Bonus!
• Summary: Delivers primary health care services to patients of all ages, with a significant emphasis on the pediatric population. Provides individual and/or group health education and counseling while providing outreach to and advocacy for the homeless population.
• Essential
• Duties: Provides comprehensive primary care services to patients of all ages, with a strong focus on pediatric patients. Delivers primary health care services to patients in the clinic and in the mobile healthcare unit. Provides COVID services as needed in the clinic and in the mobile healthcare unit. Provides individual and/or group health education and counseling while providing outreach to and advocacy for the homeless population. Conducts physical examinations of patients. Exercises sound nursing judgment when initiating and prescribing therapy within the guidelines of written protocols. Interviews patients, documents their medical history and makes assessments and/or physical diagnosis of condition. Maintains proper clinical records and reports, using problem-oriented medical records which can be audited for accountability. Participates in program Quality Assurance (QA) committee and quality improvement efforts. Performs and completes PCMH duties as assigned.
• Duties include but are not limited to: attending patient huddle, timely clinical advice, involved in QI activities, and access needs. Initiates medications and treatment within the scope of practice. Supervises assigned clinical staff. Refers patients for specialized medical care beyond the scope of the HCH Services, including arrangement for any necessary ambulance transportation. Collaborates with the Clinical Director in review/revision of policies, protocols, and procedures as necessary. Responsible for covering after-hour calls for FHWC. Participates in and/or conducts in-service presentations. Performs all other duties as assigned.
• QualificationsEducation,
• Experience &
• Training: Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse Practitioner in the State of Kentucky; successful completion of a Nurse Practitioner training program in an accredited educational institution; and at least two years of broad-based professional nursing experience.
• Physical
• Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Position requires occasional or frequent moderate physical activity. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and use hands to manipulate, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to lift/and or exert force up to 50 pounds.