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Nurse Practitioner

Location:	Tuba City, AZ Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Type:	Tribal
Salary Range:	$77,000 to $203,400 / Per Year
Open Period:	2/28/2025 to 3/28/2025
Summary:	TCRHCC is continuously challenged to meet the needs of a growing population, to keep pace with perpetual advances in medical knowledge and technology, and to deal with limited space – very close quarters. We are bursting at the seams and looking toward the future with hopes and dreams of all new facilities, in order to always deliver the best healthcare – the healthcare you deserve! LOCATION AND LIFESTYLE: • Live and work on the beautiful Navajo Reservation, near national parks and forests, canyon country, ski area a day trip away • The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment and a rewarding career in an underserved area • Easy drive to Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Snowbowl ski area, Las Vegas • Easy access to hiking, biking, fishing, skiing • Excellent work/life balance • Very close, collaborative medical staff The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community. Serves as nurse practitioner at the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, Tuba City, Arizona, which involves performance of medical care services for patients in the Family Medicine outpatient clinic.
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Duties:	1. Interviews, assesses, and evaluates patients to determine their physical condition and type of medical services needed, and orders initial diagnostic studies appropriate for the patient's medical condition. 2. Performs a basic physical assessment using techniques of observation, inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation and use of diagnostic instruments. 3. Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, and mental problems. 4. Consults and collaborates with other health care professionals at Tuba City to establish health care plans and to review patient progress and response to therapy, including the use of written referrals to Community Health Nurses, specialty clinics, etc. 5. Adheres to medical regimens to stabilize chronically ill persons and adjusts regimens as clinically appropriate. 6. Documents visits in the Electronic Medical Record of patients including updating problem lists, medications, etc. 7. Makes decisions concerning medical care needs of patients consulting with physicians as appropriate. 8. Works collaboratively with physicians in the management of complex medical problems as appropriate. 9. Provides health care and preventive services to healthy individuals including immunizations, guidance in nutrition, common illnesses, accidents, substance abuse, exercise, and depression screening. 10. Educates patients and family members in ways to maintain or improve their health status. 11. Carries out treatments and procedures as required. Observes and documents changes in patient's condition, reactions to medications and treatments. 12. Responsible for prescribing medications including computation of doses. 13. Performs other duties as assigned. Administrative Tasks 14. Participates in planning, instituting, evaluating, and revising program plans, assists in determining conditions, resources, and policies essential to delivery of health care services. 15. Participates in performance improvement initiatives which may involve chart reviews. 16. Keeps abreast of the latest medical knowledge via CME as required by respective licensing agency. 17. Participates in hospital committees as assigned by supervisor. 18. Participates in a teaching capacity in the development of other health care workers. 19. Is responsible for electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient care. 20. Other duties listed on TCRHCC Careers page.
Qualifications:	Education: Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice Licensure/Certification: • Must possess a valid, current, full, and unrestricted license to practice as a nurse practitioner in any state within the United States, District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico • Certification by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Experience: • Must have a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience as a Nurse Practitioner. Credentialing: Must meet additional requirements for credentialing and privileging for membership to the Medical Staff
Work Type:	Permanent, Full
Announcement #:	2023 - 1095
Who May Apply?	All Groups of Qualified Individuals
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