Nurse Practitioner - Rural Family Practice

Description

Peace Health is seeking an experienced Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner to join our team in Ketchikan, Alaska!

Experience Ketchikan, Alaska - a friendly, family-oriented community in scenic Southeast Alaska. Enjoy the small-town island lifestyle, idyllic scenery, abundant wildlife, and endless opportunities for outdoor adventures. Entrance to the famed Inside passage, Ketchikan is on an island accessible by air or ferry and boasts an incredibly rich native culture. The southern tip of the panhandle is known as the "Salmon Capital of the World."

Ideal Candidate

• Certified Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner with an interest in rural medicine
• Post-training experience in a primary care setting preferred
• Ability to work well as part of a 7-member primary care team

Practice Highlights

• Full scope Family Medicine (no OB)
• Approved for a range of 0.8 - 1.0 FTE
• Beautiful building; well equipped for a Critical Access facility
• Clinic Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
• No call
• Average of 15 patients/day
• Large, shared office with windows
• Designated CMA per provider
• Robust RN support
• EPIC EMR

Check out these videos depicting what it is like to live and practice at Peace Health in Ketchikan:

Living and Practicing with Peace Health in Ketchikan - You Tube

Peace Health Ketchikan 100 years of caring - You Tube

Peace Health has been serving the communities of Southeast Alaska since 1923 with Ketchikan Medical Center, a 25-bed critical-access hospital offering comprehensive trauma care, outpatient and home health services, and a 29-bed long-term care facility. Primary and specialty medical care is provided by Peace Health Medical Group Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island. Our Trauma IV emergency department operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, staffed by physicians who are independent contractors employed by National Emergency Services (NES).

• Guaranteed first-year income, based on a 1.0 FTE and years of direct experience (0-3, 3-5, 5-9, 10+): $82.77/hr - $94.30/hr.
• Employment Bonus
• Relocation stipend based on miles between locations
• Education Loan Reimbursement program (if applicable and eligible)
• CME: up to $3,800 per calendar year for CME and/or professional dues/fees (based on 1.0 FTE; prorated for lower FTE)
• Comprehensive Benefit package including Medical /Dental / Vision / Disability / Life / Wellness

Contact:
Manjit Kaur, Provider Recruiter / mkaur

Job Summary

Within scope of practice and in alignment with both hospital staff bylaws and PHMGs physician supervision expectations, responsible for advanced level of nursing evaluation, clinical assessment, prescribing and monitoring medications and follow-up care for patient. Responsible for patient and family teaching.

Essential Functions

• Effectively identifies, evaluates, and addresses disease prevention and health promotion issues of the population in the practice while administering quality patient care.

• Works in an independent and interdependent relationship with members of the medical staff, which allows for consultation, collaboration, or referral.

• Gives directions to nursing and other staff.

• Prescribes medications and treatments and ongoing medication management. Orders lab and diagnostic tests when appropriate and interprets test results.

• Educates patients and/or families about preventive care, medical issues, and use of prescribed medical treatments and/or medications.

• Maintains legible, accurate, and confidential medical records. Documents all medical evaluations, diagnoses, procedures, treatment, outcomes, education, referrals and consultations according to established standards.

• Analyzes new knowledge gained from conferences, workshops, professional literature, or "hands-on training" and assimilates this knowledge into clinical practice.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Required:
  
  . Must fulfill educational requirements to obtain ARNP license in State of Practice

Experience

Credentials

• Required :
  Nurse Practitioner - Oregon or

• Required :
  Nurse Practitioner - Washington or

• Required :
  Nurse Practitioner - Alaska and

• Required :
  Drug Enforcement Admin and

• Required :
  Drivers License with proof of auto insurance and

• Required Upon Hire:
  Basic Life Support and

• Preferred :
  Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to apply age specific principles of growth and development and life stages to meet each patients needs. (Required)

• Effective verbal and written communication skills (Required)

• Interpersonal skills necessary to work productively with patient, families, nursing staff, and other departments. (Required)

• Personal responsibility for ongoing educational growth and collaborating with others to provide solutions for continued patient quality. (Required)

Department / Location Specific Notes

Behavioral Health:

• Requires training in psychopharmacology.

Oregon West Network:

• License as a PMHNP.

Oregon West Network - Wound and Ostomy:

• Position will be primarily caring for outpatients.
• Minimum of five years clinical experience required.
• Wound care…