Nurse Practitioner - Family Medicine(0.5 FTE)/Medical Mobile (0.5 FTE)

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation•Tuba City, AZ

About The Position

This grant-funded position provides comprehensive diagnostic, preventive, primary, and therapeutic health care services as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the Outpatient Clinic and on the Medical Mobile unit. The Nurse Practitioner assesses patients, performs physical examinations, manages medical needs, develops and follows treatment plans, and supports continuity of care between visits. The position collaborates with the Director of Outpatient and other health care professionals, and may be assigned to clinics in different locations according to organizational needs, including Tuba City, Sacred Peaks, LeChee, the Mobile Van, and Bodaway Gap. The role involves patient assessment and treatment, prescribing medications, documenting care in electronic health records, patient and family education, and participation in administrative, quality-improvement, committee, and teaching activities. It requires daily travel to mobile clinical locations, schedule flexibility, and the ability to work evenings regularly. The position includes physical requirements such as prolonged standing, walking, driving, and sitting, as well as lifting and handling mobile clinic equipment. Work may involve exposure to infectious disease and other environmental hazards.

Requirements

Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice.
Valid, current, full, and unrestricted nurse practitioner license in any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Certificate from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Two years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner evaluating and treating patients.
Basic computer skills.
Credentialed and privileged to serve on the TCRHCC Medical Staff.
Satisfactory prior and current employment performance, supported by positive employment references addressing working relationships, ethical standards, reliability, and attendance.
Ability to work amid frequent interruptions and willingness to work a flexible schedule.
Flexibility to travel daily on long trips to mobile clinical locations.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, clinical skills, and judgment.
Ability to work successfully and collaboratively as a trustworthy team member and to mentor colleagues and other organizational staff.
Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints.
Successful completion of interviews, background and reference checks, fingerprint clearance, physical examinations, and other required screenings.
Submission of complete and accurate employment-related documents and information.
Ability to meet the described physical and mental demands, including prolonged standing, walking, driving, sitting, and frequent lifting, pushing, and pulling.
Ability to work evenings regularly, manage stressful situations, adapt to shift work, and accept a flexible schedule to meet unit needs.
Ability to work in a clinic environment where exposure to infectious disease is common and other environmental exposures may occur.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic health care services to patients in the Mobile Van or Outpatient Clinic.
Interview, assess, and evaluate patients to determine their physical condition and health care needs, and order appropriate initial diagnostic studies.
Perform basic physical assessments using observation, inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation, and diagnostic instruments.
Distinguish normal from abnormal findings and identify early signs of serious physical, emotional, and mental health problems.
Consult and collaborate with other health care professionals to establish care plans and review patient progress and response to therapy, including making written referrals.
Follow and adjust medical regimens for chronically ill patients as clinically appropriate.
Document patient visits and care accurately in the electronic health record, including updating problem lists and medications, and completing entries in real time.
Make decisions about patients’ medical care needs, consulting with physicians as appropriate, and collaborate with physicians on complex medical problems.
Provide preventive care to healthy individuals, including immunizations and guidance on nutrition, common illnesses, accidents, substance abuse, exercise, and depression screening.
Educate patients and family members on ways to maintain or improve health.
Carry out treatments and procedures, and observe and document changes in patients’ conditions and responses to medications and treatments.
Prescribe medications, including calculating doses.
Participate in planning, implementing, evaluating, and revising program plans, and help determine conditions, resources, and policies needed to deliver health care services.
Participate in performance improvement initiatives, including chart reviews.
Keep current with medical knowledge through continuing medical education as required by the licensing agency.
Participate in hospital committees as assigned by the supervisor.
Contribute to the development of other health care workers in a teaching capacity.
Wear required personal protective equipment, follow safe donning and doffing procedures, and dispose of used PPE appropriately.
Complete training for routine cleaning and decontamination of surfaces contaminated by communicable disease.
Participate in departmental workflow, testing teams, and initiatives related to the electronic health record or other projects.
Perform other duties as assigned.