Nurse Practitioner

Minimum Education Required:

• Graduation from an accredited APRN/FNP program.
• The candidate is required to maintain continuing medical education credits in quantity sufficient to satisfy requirements for re-licensure.
• Two years of experience is required.

Preferred:

• Bilingual
• 3 years of work experience
• Previous work in community health centers

License: Must hold RN license and APRN certification in the state of Kentucky.

The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive preventive and primary care services consistent with PCMH principles, as part of the clinical provider team, to patients of the Bluegrass Community Health Center.

Provides direct preventive and primary care for pediatric, adults and geriatric patients. This includes providing care related to health maintenance, acute care, and chronic disease management at the health center or in outreach settings in a manner consistent with Patient Centered Medical Home principles.

• Provides direct medical care for each patient, including:
  • Complete medical history
  • Physical examination
  • Recommended screenings
  • Diagnosis (es)
  • Plan of care including appropriate treatment and/ or referral
  • Follow-up/ongoing care
• Provides high-quality, culturally-competent, linguistically appropriate care
• Thoroughly and correctly documents medical encounters in health center’s electronic medical records system.
• Correctly codes medical encounters according to level of patient encounter.
• Orders and uses all available resources in diagnosis and treatment: i.e. labs, x-ray, in an appropriate and cost efficient manner.
• Confers with other clinical team staff members, outside experts when necessary, and with patient family, as appropriate, concerning treatment and care of patients.
• Refers patients in need of additional diagnostics, specialty care or support services to appropriate referral source, reviews referral results in a timely manner and communicates result to patient.
• Provides health education and demonstrates effective communication.
• Achieves BCHC provider team productivity goals and quality measures:
  • Works efficiently and effectively to meet productivity benchmarks and quality measures per practice agreement.
  • Provides leadership to medical team through effective communication, teaching and negotiation
  • Will share call, one week at a time, equally.

Benefits Include:

• Competitive salary based on experience

• Medical and dental insurance

• Employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability

• 401(k) plan with 6% company match after 6 months

• Generous paid time off:

  • 10 paid holidays

  • 1 paid birthday off

  • Vacation accrual starting on day one (usable after 90 days)

  • Sick leave beginning on day one

• Continuing Medical Education (CME) allowance and paid CME time

BCHC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.