Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Advanced Practice Provider
Hamilton Health Box · Houston, TX · 1 mo ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
About the role
Hamilton Health Box (HHB) is a rapidly growing healthcare startup operating hybrid telemedicine‑enabled primary care clinics for small and medium businesses across the country. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) will work closely with a supervising physician to manage several onsite employer clinics and rural health clinics, providing a combination of virtual and in‑person medical care. The role focuses on building positive relationships with stakeholders and patients through protocol‑driven care, health coaching, disease management, preventative screening, and education, while also handling urgent and emergent matters and contributing to population‑health data analysis.
Responsibilities
- Promote and maintain patient health by providing medical services in collaboration with a physician.
- Identify short‑term and long‑range patient care issues to improve physician efficiency.
- Recommend options and courses of action for patient care and implement physician directives.
- Assess patient health through interviews, physical examinations, and review of medical histories.
- Order, administer, and interpret diagnostic tests (e.g., X‑rays, laboratory studies).
- Document patient care services in charts and departmental records.
- Perform therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing, and wound/infection management.
- Provide patient education on growth, development, and emotional well‑being.
- Develop and implement patient‑management plans to ensure a continuum of care.
- Maintain a safe, clean working environment and adhere to infection‑control policies.
- Stay compliant with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements; advise management on legislative changes.
- Collaborate on the development and evaluation of patient care protocols, pathways, and clinical guidelines.
- Sign orders in accordance with institutional and state board requirements.
- Participate in research, teaching projects, and apply research findings to practice.
- Maintain professional knowledge through workshops, publications, networking, and professional societies.
- Mentor and develop healthcare team staff through education and growth opportunities.
- Utilize telemedicine platforms to complete virtual visits.
- Float and round to multiple facilities as needed.
- Take on‑call phone responsibilities on a rotating schedule (one week on every 3–4 weeks) with no after‑hours onsite requirements.
Requirements
- Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) with maintenance of licensure and certification.
- Active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Minimum 2 years of primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, urgent care, or comparable outpatient experience.
- Current DEA registration or ability to obtain one if required.
- Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.
- Willingness to obtain licensure to practice in additional states as needed.
Schedule
- On‑site work on weekdays during daytime hours.
- Rotating on‑call phone coverage: one week on every 3–4 weeks; no after‑hours onsite duties while on call.
Skills
- Health promotion and maintenance
- Thorough clinical assessment
- Excellent communication and patient education
- Medical teamwork and collaboration
- Physiological knowledge and bedside manner
- Infection control practices
- Ability to develop and update clinical protocols
- Proficiency with telemedicine technology
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- 2 weeks of paid time off (PTO)
- Paid company holidays
- Up to $1,000 annually for Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- 3 paid CME days per year
- On‑Demand Pay – access to earned wages before payday