Per Diem Nurse Practitioner, Health Services

Description

Position: Nurse Practitioner of the Heath Clinic
Department: Health Services
Reports to: Assistant VP Student Experience
Classification: Non-exempt- Position Type and Expected Hours of Work: Per Diem, Monday-Friday flex in Guild Health Clinic, 9 months during academic year
Travel: none

Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver primary care to resident student clients utilizing a compassionate and respectful approach; develop therapeutic plans for both illness prevention and education; and assess actual and potential health hazards, including analysis of risky behaviors that can negatively impact health status
• Prescribe and dispense over-the-counter and prescription medications and, when called for, recommend changes in therapeutics
• Assess, diagnose and treat both acute and chronic illness and injuries; refer students when necessary to other health care professionals, clinics, specialists, hospitals or other community agencies; and attend to students’ psychological and spiritual health issues through referral to Student Affairs colleagues
• Order, perform, interpret, evaluate and review diagnostic studies and procedures; record findings and formulate treatment plans; and document visit notes
• Provide support to parents concerning their child’s illness, while respecting confidentiality guidelines
• Serve as a resource to the campus community regarding health issues;

Qualifications

• Requirements include a master’s degree in nursing , and current licenses to practice in the state of New Hampshire as both an RN and ARNP, and national certification by ANCC as a Nurse Practitioner in the family practice specialty area
• Current basic CPR certification
• Three (3) to four (4) years experience as a nurse practitioner/provider.
• Knowledge and Skills:
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated administrative ability
• Basic computer skills
• Physical ability to bend and stoop in order to examine patients, access office files, place and retrieve documents, and to obtain medications and materials from cabinets
• Willingness to work in office and clinic that often pose demanding conditions requiring quick clinical judgment, as well as the need to work with exposure to communicable diseases, blood, and body fluids.

Supplemental Information

Applicants should apply online with resume and cover letter at: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/rivieredu/jobs/5259605/per-diem-nurse-practitioner-health-services
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Employer

Rivier University (NH)
Address: 420 South Main Street
Nashua, New Hampshire, 03060
Phone: 603-897-8717
603-897-8211
Website: https://www.rivier.edu/

Benefits

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