Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

JOIN THE CHC FAMILY!

Community Health Connections (CHC) is a multi-site non-profit health care center offering urgent care primary family medical and pediatric care preventative and restorative dental care oral surgery behavioral health services for children and adults and substance use disorder treatment and specialty services including optometry eye care optical shop acupuncture nutrition consultations and podiatry. CHC is mission-driven providing compassionate quality health care regardless of income or health insurance status. CHC has five sites within Fitchburg Gardner and Leominster with decades of experience as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving 36 communities in North Central Massachusetts.

Under the general direction of the supervising physician and Medical Director the NP coordinates the comprehensive health care needs of the specific patient population and provides appropriate direct patient care through assessment diagnosis and treatment of specific conditions. Participates in educational and research activities of the department.

Responsibilities include:

• Assesses patients physical and psychosocial health/illness status through history taking and physical examination.
• Practices within the collaborative model with physicians nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists
• Diagnoses manages and appropriately refers patients with acute episodic or chronic illness according to department protocols.
• Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests according to established guidelines.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals other medications and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
• Follows established departmental policies procedures and objectives continuous quality improvement objectives and safety environmental and/or infection control standards.
• As appropriate to the position participates in specified health promotion education and/or prevention programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Massachusetts Licensed Registered Nurserequired.
• Certified in Massachusetts to practice in the expanded role as a Family Nurse Practitioner required.
• Certified in CPR/AED or equivalent.
• Demonstrated mastery of a specialty area or other related field normally acquired by 3-5 years progressively responsible nursing experience.

Benefits:

• 401k
• Generous vacation and personal time for eligible employees
• Sick time
• Medical dental and vision insurance
• 100% paid Life insurance/AD&D
• 100% paid Long-Term disability.
• Discounts on travel and entertainment!
• Discounts on cell phone service computer purchases and more!
• College Tuition Rewards/CMEs
• Company Events & Activities (Annual cookout and holiday party health and wellness events Lunch & Learns team building and more!)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• EyeMed Vision Care Program
• Accident & Cancer Insurance
• Educational development reimbursement
• Discounts on - gym membership travel & entertainment tickets electronics and more!

Required Experience:

Junior IC