Family Nurse Practitioner

About the role

As a Family Nurse Practitioner at Baptist Health Urgent Care, you will provide exceptional medical care to patients of all ages with a wide variety of acute and chronic medical conditions. You will work collaboratively with a team of healthcare professionals to diagnose, treat, and educate patients while ensuring the highest standard of care and service.

Responsibilities

• Provide exemplary care to patients, visitors and coworkers
• Deliver convenient, friendly patient care to all who seek health-related services
• Provide leadership, direction, and assistance during emergencies while maintaining a comforting and reassuring demeanor
• Work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment with long and variable hours, changing locations, and frequent patient contact
• Perform medical assessment, treatment, management and follow-up of clinic patients including primary care, urgent care, occupational health, DOT physicals and workers compensation
• Perform medical procedures including laceration repairs, nail removal, pap tests, injections, splinting and abscess incision and drainage
• Establish and monitor a medically appropriate level of care for clinic patients
• Oversee, direct and support on-site laboratory, x-rays, injections, and collections for direct access services
• Maintain clinical core competency
• Work with center leadership and other staff to ensure operations align with medical policy and professional standards
• Cooperate and participate in the development, implementation and revision of policies affecting medical practice, quality of care and patient satisfaction
• Participate in and assist with in-service and continuing education programs for physicians, nurses and other personnel
• Recommend potential means of growth and development for new and/or existing services within the center
• Assure compliance with licensing, certification and accrediting bodies
• Participate in development and presentation of education programs for staff
• Represent the company and the clinic at internal and external meetings or events as required
• Provide guidance to other medical staff (e.g., physician assistants, nurse practitioners and medical assistants) to ensure quality professional services and patient satisfaction

Requirements

• Active state license as an APRN
• Current Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Board Certification
• Current DEA license, or eligibility to obtain upon hire
• Current DOT certification, or willingness to obtain upon hire
• Current BLS certification

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, and vision options
• Retirement savings plans
• Continuing education reimbursement
• Paid time off

Schedule

Full-time team members work a rotating 36–40 hour/week schedule consisting of 12-hour weekday shifts and every-other weekend. PRN (per diem) team members are scheduled on an as-needed basis.