Advanced Practitioner Provider Village Based

$165,318 - $192,608/Yr

Norton Sound Health Corporation - Nome, AK

Full-time - Mid Level

Nome, AK

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Advanced Practitioner Provider - Village Based role is designed to deliver comprehensive healthcare services to residents in outlying villages, focusing on acute, chronic, emergency, and preventive care. This position operates under the supervision of medical doctors and is integral to upholding the mission and values of the Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC). The practitioner will assess, plan, and provide patient care while ensuring effective communication with patients and their families regarding health conditions and treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and provide patient care under the supervision of a physician.
• Examine patients, perform comprehensive physical examinations, and compile patient medical data, including health history and results of physical examinations.
• Ensure proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
• Use the appropriate process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation when assessing the patient's condition and needs.
• Ensure patient care is accomplished effectively and efficiently in a cost-effective manner, discharge planning is carried out, and the medical regime for each patient is implemented as prescribed by the physician.
• Participate in facilitating patient and family learning by explaining the patients' disease process and planned interventions to the patient/family.
• Demonstrate ability to care for medical, critically ill, traumatically injured, mental health, emergency, maternal/neonate, and pediatric patient populations according to policy and procedure when medically necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Physician Assistant or Family Nurse Practitioner program.
• Licensed to practice as a Midlevel in the State of Alaska.
• NCCPA, PALS, Medivac, ACLS and BLS certification/registration; DEA#.
• Ability to provide a high level of customer service.
• Ability to perform under pressure.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of compliance (state, federal and corporate).
• General knowledge of typical office technologies such as computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, and typical office software.