Nurse Practitioner
Company: Prairie Band, LLC
Location: Towaoc
Posted on: August 4, 2022
Job Description:
Description:
Join the professional team at Ute Mountain Indian Health Clinic in
Towaoc, CO. This is a locum long term position with top pay and
full benefits. Come along and see what it is like to work for a
mission driven health center! Apply now! Learn more about the
clinic and areas here NP with strong background in Family or
Internal Medicine as primary services
- The Practitioner shall interview and examine patients, review
past medical history and request and/ or perform diagnostic tests
and examinations as necessary to make diagnosis for primary care
services. They make diagnosis after evaluating information obtained
and provide medical or surgical treatment and/ or referral as
appropriate.
- The practitioner shall counsel and educate patients, families,
community and medical staff about general health care.
- The practitioner shall prescribe drugs and tests necessary to
provide including the use of radiology and laboratory
- The practitioner shall become familiar with and be guided by
the Indian Health Service formulary and shall follow IHS procedures
when prescribing drugs
- The practitioner authorized to prescribe pharmaceuticals shall
do so according to the availability of drugs listed in the IHS
formulary
- IHS pharmacy services will provide instructions to the
prescribing contract physician as to substitution of generic drugs
for prescribed drugs. The service unit pharmacy must approve drugs
not on the formulary
- The nurse practitioner shall participate in a continual process
of quality of health care evaluation to assure the provision of
quality service.
- Strive for excellence in providing general family medicine
medical services.
- Comply with all IHS facility infection control and safety
procedures, practices, and standards
- Respect and maintain the basic right of patients, to include
but not limited to personal dignity
- Referrals- all referrals shall be done utilizing the Patient
Referred Care (PRC) process. The PRC Committee utilizing PRC
guidelines will review these referrals. Prairie Band Health
Services is subject to Title 22: Employment Code of the Prairie
Band Potawatomi Nation. In accordance with Title 22, this position
is designated as a TIER 1 position. Preference will be given to
individuals to the extent required pursuant to Section 22-2-4(B).
To be considered for employment with Indian Preference,
documentation is required to be provided at time of application.
Requirements:
Please provide/upload the following documents along with your
application-
- Must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license
or registration from a State, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United
States.
- Must be Board Eligible or Certified
- Must have current Basic Life Support or Advanced Cardiac Life
Support
- Certification of Education - copy of diploma or
transcripts
- DEA PI184867530
Keywords: Prairie Band, LLC, Snowmass , Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare , Towaoc, Colorado
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