Family Nurse Practitioner - PRN
About The Position
The Texas A&M Health Mobile Clinic brings primary healthcare directly to rural and medically underserved communities across Texas. Operating from a custom-built mobile clinic stationed at local school districts, the program serves students, faculty, staff, and community members. The role provides primary care and community outreach in an innovative model focused on improving access, wellness, and education. The Family Nurse Practitioner performs clinical care and serves as a preceptor for advanced-practice and pre-licensure nursing students each semester. This is a part-time, PRN position based in Crockett or Bryan, Texas. The schedule is 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; days vary according to clinic needs and candidate availability. The position is grant-funded, and future employment may depend on continued funding.
Requirements
- Master of Science degree in nursing, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- One year of directly related experience serving as a family nurse practitioner.
- Active Texas licenses as a Registered Nurse and an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, with prescriptive authority.
- National board certification as a family nurse practitioner.
- Experience with computer systems, including web-based applications and electronic health records, and some Microsoft Office applications, which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access.
- Knowledge of standard nursing procedures and techniques.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work with sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to use and manage an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system.
Nice To Haves
- At least five years of clinical nursing experience.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certificate.
- Experience in health professions education.
- Familiarity with electronic health records.
- Knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications.
Responsibilities
- Perform history, psychosocial, and physical examinations; diagnose acute, chronic, and urgent or episodic primary care conditions; formulate treatment plans; order and interpret laboratory and imaging studies and electrocardiograms; manage medications; and educate patients and families.
- Coordinate patient care to provide safe, effective, efficient, timely, and patient-centered services.
- Liaise between clinical staff and consulting services, and consult with physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care as appropriate.
- Order therapeutic modalities, including medications, treatments, and diagnostic tests, and evaluate their effectiveness.
- Perform primary care procedures.
- Provide primary healthcare maintenance, including immunizations and recommended health screenings.
- Counsel and instruct patients and significant others about medications, disease, procedures, and preventive healthcare as appropriate.
- Assess and stabilize patients with emergent conditions and determine disposition in accordance with policies for emergency and consultative call services.
- Serve as a clinical resource for staff through consultation, formal and informal education, literature review, seminars, conferences, and simulation.
- Document clinical encounters clearly, precisely, and in a timely manner.
- Apply, model, and teach evidence-based treatment and care in the clinical setting.
- Precept advanced-practice and pre-licensure nursing students each semester.
- Promote cost savings and an optimal patient experience in primary care.
- Participate in rapid-cycle continuous process improvement, data reporting, and scholarly projects as appropriate.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
