Nurse Practitioner
Student Health Services provides quality health care for students enrolled at Fayetteville State University. The department promotes and maintains conditions conducive to healthful living, guiding and encouraging students to accept health as a positive value of life, and stimulating interest in making healthy adjustments to their environment. Activities emphasize the nine dimensions of wellness and bio-psycho-social health care.
About the role
The Nurse Practitioner provides advanced clinical care and medical management within Student Health Services through independent and collaborative practice under the oversight of a Medical Director and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and institutional policies. The position is responsible for patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, prescribing authority, preventive care, health education, immunization compliance, emergency intervention, referral coordination, documentation, and quality clinical outcomes in an outpatient college health setting.
Responsibilities
- Perform patient assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning
- Prescribe medications and manage treatment plans
- Provide preventive care and health education
- Ensure immunization compliance
- Conduct emergency interventions
- Coordinate referrals to specialists or consultants
- Maintain accurate and compliant clinical documentation
- Support quality clinical outcomes and patient-centered care
- Interpret laboratory findings and apply clinical judgment
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
- Lead or participate in quality improvement initiatives
Requirements
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse by the North Carolina Board of Nursing
- Completion of a Nurse Practitioner program approved by the North Carolina Joint Subcommittee of the Board of Nursing and Board of Medical Examiners
- “Approved to practice medical acts” by the Joint Subcommittee
Skills
- Advanced knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and medication management
- Ability to interpret laboratory findings and apply sound clinical judgment
- Skill in patient education, communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Knowledge of healthcare regulations, documentation standards, and clinical technologies
- Ability to lead quality improvement initiatives and support patient-centered healthcare delivery
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in college health, primary care, family medicine, or ambulatory care
- Experience working in a university or public-sector healthcare environment
- Experience using electronic medical record systems
Full-time position. All new employees are required to have listed credentials/degrees verified prior to employment.