Nurse Practitioner

KurzSolutions • Fort Yates, ND

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner role is based in Fort Yates, North Dakota, within the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The position involves providing comprehensive primary care services at the Fort Yates Hospital, a fully accredited 12-bed facility. This role also extends to services at multiple health centers including Fort Yates Outpatient Clinic, McLaughlin Health Center, Cannonball Health Center, Wakpala Health Center, and Bullhead Health Center. The hospital operates under the Primary Care Medical Home model and its Emergency Department is a designated Level IV trauma center, offering 24/7 care. Additional services provided include inpatient care, dental, behavioral health, optometry, nutritional counseling, and telehealth.

Requirements

• Must have a master's degree in nursing.
• Must have a current and unrestricted license in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
• Must have a current Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification from a provider recognized by the American Heart Association.
• Must have a minimum of two years experience.

Responsibilities

• Will be responsible and accountable for assessment, diagnosis, and management of patient problems, including prescription of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic intervention.
• Advanced practice registered nursing by certified nurse practitioners is based on knowledge and skills acquired throughout an advanced practice registered nurse's nursing education, training, and experience.
• Advanced nursing patient assessment and diagnosis.
• Ordering diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures, performing those tests and procedures when using health care equipment, and interpreting and using the results of diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures ordered by the advanced practice registered nurse or another health care professional.
• Ordering treatments, ordering, or applying appropriate medical devices, and using nursing, medical, therapeutic, and corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
• Providing palliative and end-of-life care.
• Providing advanced counseling, patient education, health education, and patient advocacy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level