Department: College of Public Health - School of Nursing
Classification: Professional Faculty
Job Category:Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type:Part-Time
Work Schedule:Part-time (0.5 FTE 20 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax VA
Workplace Type:On Site Required
Sponsorship Eligibility:Not eligible for visa sponsorship
Salary:Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check:Yes
About the Department: The Mason and Partners (MAP) Clinics are nurse-led inter-professional health centers operated by the George Mason University School of Nursing. The MAP clinics serve uninsured and medically under-served populations in Prince William and Fairfax Counties to deliver non-emergency health care mental health support case management chronic disease education and social services referrals while providing essential clinical training for nursing and interprofessional students. |
About the Position: As a part-time Public Health Nurse Practitioner at the MAP Clinics this individual will work 20 hours per week in a direct care Nurse Practitioner clinician role supervising Nurse Practitioner students in caring for low-income and medically underserved clients in Northern Virginia. |
Responsibilities: - Advanced NP Practice Clinical Care:
- Clinical Care: Assessing and managing a wide range of acute and chronic primary care conditions; performing and interpreting diagnostic tests; and leading specialty clinics including those focused on chronic disease management acute care pediatrics and womens health;
- Education & Mentorship: Precepting graduate and undergraduate nursing students guiding their clinical care experience and contributing to practice based learning.
- Leadership & Administration:
- Serving as the lead nurse practitioner on-site providing administrative oversight of population-based patient initiatives and developing clinical improvement plans in collaboration with the MAP Administrative team.
- Care Collaboration & Consultation:
- Consulting referring and collaborating with both university and community healthcare providers to ensure integrated patient-centered care.
- Quality Improvement:
- Participating in continuous quality improvement and risk management activities such as chart reviews peer reviews and patient conferences and clinical studies necessary for MAP Clinic operations.
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Required Qualifications: Required Education: - Masters degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Required Experience: - Minimum of 2 years in primary care internal medicine or family practice;
- Experience as a practicing Nurse Practitioner providing primary or acute care to clients; and
- Submitted evidence of a graduate degree in nursing or the appropriate nurse practitioner specialty from an educational program (see 18VAC).
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs): - Knowledge:
- Virginia Board of Nursing scope of practice regulations for prelicensure and licenses for RN and NPs;
- Community-based clinic service delivery and public health principles; and
- Interdisciplinary collaboration models.
- Skills:
- Nurse Practitioner patient care knowledge;
- Skills and abilities related to the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions health promotion and disease prevention interventions; and
- Utilizes electronic health record documentation systems and public health reporting/documentation.
- Abilities:
- Mentors and supervises basic and advanced student nurse learners and other disciplines in the MAP Clinic;
- Leads clinical care delivery in a multi-site setting; and
- Manages chronic and preventive care independently.
Required Licenses and Certifications: - Must meet Virginia Board of Nursing criteria for APRN Licensure (18VAC) by holding a current active RN License or multistate privilege;
- Must have and maintain a valid RN and advanced practice (NP) license with flexibility for travel to MAP Clinics;
- Submitted evidence of professional certification in specialty area (see 18VAC); and
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification.
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Preferred Qualifications: Preferred Education: - Terminal degree in a related field.
Preferred Experience: - Experience in a safety-net clinic FQHC or in community-based care practices and/or nurse-led clinic operations;
- Leadership and care coordination for complex patients;
- Experience working with students; and
- Prior work with underserved populations.
Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs): - Basic knowledge of public health programs (e.g. VDH immunizations PAP programs naloxone distribution);
- Knowledge of social determinants of health in underserved populations;
- Ability to manage telehealth services; and
- Autonomous Advanced Practice RN (APRN).
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Instructions to Applicants: For full consideration applicants must apply for theMAP Clinic Nurse Practitioner (Part-time) (Req#) at and submit the online application to include three professional references with full contact information (including a current supervisor and past supervisor) and providea cover letter and resume for review. |
Posting Open Date: August 4 2025 For Full Consideration Apply by:August 15 2025 Open Until Filled:Yes |