Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Location: Ocracoke/Engelhard/Manteo Health Centers - Engelhard, NC

Position: Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Job Type: Full-time

Description:

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

We use Athena as our EMR

PCMH (Patient-Center Medical Home)

11 paid vacation days, 14 accrued PTO, 5 wellness days

401k matching up to 2%

We believe that medicine is an art as well as a science and are committed to delivering quality healthcare to the whole person. We partner with our patients and their families to provide a medical home that is respectful, compassionate, accessible, and comprehensive. We offer services including behavioral health, primary care, in-house pharmacies, pediatric care, migrant & seasonal farm workers, telemedicine, dental health, and MVP program.

The Primary Care Nurse Practitioner will provide high quality primary medical care, diagnostic and therapeutic care and service, referring consultations for specialty care, and education and preventive care advice to all patients served. The Provider performance will be tracked and comparatively reported using metrics related to the strategic direction and operational needs of the organization. Works closely with physicians and other clinicians in a team approach to patient care. May specialize in a specific type of clinical care, e.g., family medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics.

• Provides direct primary care medical services to patients.
• Provides outpatient primary care medical services within scope of practice as determined by delineation of privileges.
• Reach an informed diagnosis based on scientific knowledge and the patient’s medical history
• Prescribe and interpret lab tests
• Assigned to one primary site for delivery of care, with cross coverage at other sites when necessary.
• Participates in active problem identification and problem solving to improve the overall clinical program and patient care at the physician's primary site. This includes active participation in quality assurance activities as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer.
• Serves as team leader for staff at primary site for purposes of problem solving and self-management.
• Collaborate with other physicians, physician assistants and nurses to form a high performing medical team
• Fosters a climate of trust and compassion for patients

Requirements:

Skills:

• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all employees and department needs.

• Must be a self-initiating and adaptable with ability to communicate to a variety of staff members.

• Must be highly organized, and possess good oral and written communication skills.

• Compassionate and responsive to the needs of the patients.

• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all employees and department needs.

• Must maintain a high level of confidentiality.

• Basic office procedures relevant to duties contracted for according to primary care.

• Effective communication and patient education skills.

• Must be able to work and problem solve independently.

• EMR and Basic office procedures relevant to duties contracted for according to primary care.

• Bilingual English/Spanish highly desirable.

Education and Experience:

• Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program

• Proven experience as a provider in Family Practice

• Licensed by NC Board of Nursing to practice medicine

• Board Certification in a primary care specialty preferred.

• DEA Certification

Benefits:

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Retirement plan with 2% match

• Vision insurance

Language: Spanish (Preferred)

Work Location: In person - Engelhard, NC

Salary Description

$95,000-$115,000

Please note this position is posted on behalf of our partner practices. This individual will be working at the specific practice that is mentioned in the above details and will not be a direct employee of Aledade, Inc. so will therefore not be eligible for the benefits available to Aledade employees.