Harbor Health is seeking a talented, mission driven Nurse Practitioner to join our Family Practice Primary Care Department at the Harbor Community Health Center in Plymouth, MA.
LOAN REPAYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE!! Harbor Health Services is qualified for the National Health Service Corps, State Loan Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Programs!
Our comprehensive Provider Benefits package includes
- Health, Dental, Vision, Life (company paid), and Disability Insurance.
- Continuing Medical Education Stipend of up to $2500 and 5 days of leave per year
- Reimbursement for initial and renewal cost of licenses
- Generous PTO (25 days to start) with additional 11 Paid Holidays annually
- Wellness Benefits – Employee Assistance Program, fitness reimbursement, and other programs.
- Provider Malpractice is covered by FTCA
Role :
The Nurse Practitioner provides care appropriate to the patient population served, including routine health maintenance, management of chronic conditions, and management of acute illness for patients. Position is full time and hours may include an evening shifts and Saturday rotation based on clinic needs.
Responsibilities :
Serves as a primary care provider for a panel of patients.Organizes and manages the care of primary care patients, including outpatient visits, communication with patients by mail, email or phone, inpatient care, referral for specialty care, provision of or referral for patient education for self-management, assesses health risks, promotes and provides disease prevention, and practices evidenced based medicine.Provides routine health maintenance by performing interval well visits. This may include a complete history and physical, developmental assessment, risk assessment, cancer screening, and health promotion education. Follows up on any problems detected. Makes appropriate referrals for additional services required, including, nutrition, social services, behavioral health, specialty care.Provides timely and expert care to patients with acute illness.Manages common chronic illnesses, including acute complications and routine follow-up, provides or arranges for appropriate patient education regarding self-management of chronic illnesses.Participates in an on-call system with other providers in the Center and with other providers at affiliated health centers that provides 24-hour access to a provider for our patients.Participates in evening / Satruday / holiday clinic rotation to provide face to face care, follow up visits, acute care and other clinical services to patients.Participates in provider staff meetings, departmental meetings, general staff meetings, trainings, care team meetings and quality improvement / practice transformation sessions.Participates in managed care plans and assists the Center by reinforcing patient understanding of such plans; makes appropriate, cost efficient referrals and admission decisions and refers only to participating specialists; provides guidance and monitoring of systems necessary for the function of managed care programs.Updates and maintains Electronic Medical Record (EMR) appropriately and timely.Requirements :
Completed accredited Nurse Practitioner program in Family PracticeCurrent MA NP License, Family Practitioner, Board Certified, Current DEA, MCSR and Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) requiredComputer Literate (MS Office, Windows), experienced with EMR ( EPIC / OCHIN highly desired)3-5 years of NP experience required and bilingual preferredExperience with a community health center population and practice setting preferredAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Employment Type : Full Time
Years Experience : 1 - 3 years
Bonus / Commission : No
Salary : $2,500 - $5,000
