Family Nurse Practitioner - Homer

About the role

The mission of Seldovia Village Tribe (SVT) Health and Wellness is to improve the health of all people in our communities (both native and non-native) by providing quality, respectful, caring and culturally-appropriate primary, holistic and preventative care.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct primary clinical health, wellness and preventative health care in an ambulatory primary care clinic setting for community members residing in and around Homer, Anchor Point and Seldovia, Alaska.
• Comprehensive, cost-effective acute and chronic primary and preventative health care to patients and their families within scope of training, capabilities, and license criteria as a health care provider.
• Counsel chronic and infectious disease patients, treat and manage medical care.
• Coordinate and conduct support groups, health education and health promotion activities in subjects related to physical and emotional health.
• Function as a patient advocate; conduct follow up care and coordinate care with other health care providers and make appropriate referrals for patient continuity of care.
• Participate in strategic planning and development of policy and procedures.
• Participate in the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program as needed.
• Travel as needed to other communities including Anchor Point, to and from Homer / Seldovia by small airplane and sometimes by boat when airplanes are on weather hold. Travel is a day trip, but inclement weather may require an overnight stay.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Nursing; Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner by an approved national certifying body; Unrestricted DEA Certification State of Alaska Advanced practice Nurse license OR ability to attain within 3 months of hire.
• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and a pre-employment background check including fingerprinting.

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

None specified.

Benefits

• 5 weeks of PTO (Paid Time Off) each year!
• 3 Paid Holidays per year
• 3 Days of Sick Leave per year
• FEHB (Federal Employees Health Benefits) - Health Insurance, a variety of plans to choose from. We pay 100% of employees monthly health insurance premiums!
• We pay 50% of the monthly premiums for your spouse and/or children. Insurance is effective the first day of the pay period after we receive your enrollment form.
• Dental and Vision insurance available on the first of the month following 90 days of employment.
• Group life insurance up to a maximum of $250K.
• Long term disability insurance
• Employer matching 401K, 5% match, effective January 1 or July 1, following one year of employment.
• A wellness incentive program, up to $300 per calendar year for full-time employees, or $150 for part-time employees, effective after 90 days of employment.

Pay

$140,000 per year and up, DOE.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week (either five 8 hour days, or four 10 hour days).