Nurse Practitioner

Job Title : Nurse Practitioner

Duration : 3+ years

Location : Nellis AFB, NV 89191

Pay Rate : $50-55 / hr on w2 without benefits

Shift : 7am to 5pm Monday - Friday

Job Description :

• Strongly preferred working knowledge of the military health care system including TRICARE health benefits.
• 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.
• 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 subspecialty 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. 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, homecare) 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 :

Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support :