Nurse Practitioner

Join PCHC as a Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care, Community Health in Rhode Island.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform physical examinations, treat illness, injuries, health problems, and address preventive health needs appropriate to that clinician’s training, experience, and specialty, taking into consideration the ambulatory nature of the health center.

• Make appropriate referrals to specialists, subspecialties, hospital emergency rooms, hospital clinics, etc., when good medical judgment dictates such referrals.

• Provide first-aid to patients but may refer serious injuries or severely acute conditions requiring hospital care to local hospital emergency rooms or in-patient facilities, as appropriate, after stabilizing the patient as clinically necessary at the health center.

• Ensure that standards of quality medical care are met.  Participate in medical audits, performance improvement, and peer review activities, and participate in appropriate PCHC committees, when necessary.

Requirements

• Education - RN and Nurse Practitioner training program in accredited college or university.

• Must be licensed as RN and as a Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive privileges in Rhode Island.

• Must be certified as a Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care (Pediatrics, Family Practice, Internal Medicine).

• Must conform to prescribed standards for continuing education as set down by appropriate state or national advisory boards.

Benefits & Compensation

Work Schedule

• Full-Time position.

• No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Work with PCHC in Rhode Island.