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Westside Family Healthcare · 9 hours ago

Family Nurse Practitioner – Part Time, Rural Health Outreach

Dover, Delaware

Full-time, Part-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Westside Family Healthcare is a nonprofit organization that provides high quality primary medical care without regard to ability to pay. The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) - Rural Health Outreach provides direct patient care with a focus on acute care, prevention, and education for individuals served by Westside’s Rural Health Outreach team.

Health CareMedicalNon Profit

Responsibilities

Provide primary medical care to patients, including collecting and recording patient information in the EMR in a thorough and timely manner; prescribing or administering treatment; ordering, performing, and interpreting tests and analyzing records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' conditions; monitoring patients' conditions and progress and reevaluating treatments as necessary; explaining procedures and discussing test results or prescribed treatments with patients; advising patients concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention; and referring patients to the hospital, medical specialists, or other practitioners when necessary

Coordinate work with other members of the care team, including nurses, social workers, counselors, pharmacists, and other health care providers

Provide emergency medical treatment to Westside patients as needed, and provide emergency medical treatment as requested or appropriate to non-Westside patients who are at or near a location where the FNP is present for the purpose of providing services within Westside’s scope of services

Participate in the training of residents and health care professional students

Implement clinical department policies, protocols, and procedures that are in compliance with the most current, accepted professional standards, as well the standards of The Joint Commission

Participate in activities to increase appropriate utilization of available services by patients of Westside Family Healthcare, Inc

Participate in staff education and professional development activities, including continuing education credit requirements to maintain licensure and Basic Life Support certification

Participate in WFH performance improvement programs and in community education and outreach programs offered by Westside

Qualification

Master's degree in nursingRegistered nurse licensureAdvanced nurse practitioner certificationClinical training in ambulatory careBasic life support certificationEveningWeekend availabilityTravel between worksites