Family Nurse Practitioner FNP

Job Description:

The Family Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive, cost effective health care to families which includes assessment, diagnosis, and treatment

according to the standards of advanced nursing practice.

 

Educational Requirements: 

Graduate of an ANA accredited Nurse Practitioner program. Master’s Degree in Nursing required. 

 

Experience Required: 

Minimum of two years of relevant experience preferred as a Nurse Practitioner preferred with demonstrated ability to work independently.

 

Professional Licensure/Special Skills And Certification Required: 

Current licensure by Massachusetts Board of Nursing. Nationally certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Current DEA/Mass Controlled Substance license for prescriptive authority. BLS required.

Interpersonal Relationships/Organizational Expectations: 

• Commitment to providing health care to families in a medically underserved community. 
• Willingness to be flexible in the development of new methods of health service delivery. 
•  Ability to deal with sensitive information in a highly confidential manner. 
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written, with patients, families, visitors,
  co-workers, health care professionals, funders and other regulatory agencies. 
• Bilingual in English and another language appropriate to the health center’s patient
  population preferred, but not required. 
• Ability to function independently with minimal supervision, and to plan, coordinate,
  and carry out those tasks necessary to meet the job responsibilities. 
• Awareness of resources available within the health center to accommodate the needs of
  patients. 
• Commitment to providing cost conscious, fiscally responsible, timely, efficient,
  effective, safe, patient-centered, culturally competent, equitable, and
  participatory health care. 
•  Processes personal health information in accordance with FHCW HIPPA policies and
  procedures. 

Reporting to the Assistant Medical Director

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