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8-koi, Inc. Nurse Practitioner - Vernal, Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah
Nurse Practitioner - Vernal, Utah
Summary
Title: Nurse Practitioner - Vernal, Utah
ID: 5714
Department: Healthcare
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Description
Job purpose
Support theVernal, UT Veteran Affair Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) To provide assistance for both medical and mental health care (physically on site) and may offer support services such as pharmacy, laboratory, and x-ray. Primary Care CBOCs are required to provide both primary care and mental health services. Mental Health services will be provided by VA staff on site and via Telehealth.
Duties and responsibilities
Responsible for the provision of covered services to enrolled and unassigned patients presenting for care.
Providing health care commensurate to the PCP’s licensure and clinical privileges or scope of practice
Ensuring the patient’s care plan contains medical recommendations for clinically indicated care, offering clinically indicated health care services to patients assigned to the PACT.
Providing or arranging for care to which patients consent
Providing leadership to the team including shared delegation of appropriate care and care processes to appropriate team members.
Reviewing available clinical and performance data with the team, and focusing on continuous improvement of critical team processes
Ensuring the patient has same-day access for face-to-face and virtual care visits during regular clinic hours.
Collaborating with PACT staff to develop personal health plans that incorporate care management and care coordination appropriate to the patient’s needs.
Qualifications
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP): Qualifications: CRNP’s must:
Possess a master’s degree from a program accredited by the NLNAC or CCNE, and
Maintain full and current certification as a nurse practitioner from the American Nurses Association or another nationally recognized certifying body as a Nurse Practitioner in either Adult Health or Family Practice.
Authorization for prescriptive authority is required. CRNPs shall prescribe controlled substances in accordance with limitations imposed by the Controlled Substances Act and the CRNP’s State licensure on the authority to prescribe or administer controlled substances.
Three years of clinical nursing experience is required.
A minimum of one (1) year clinical experience as a CRNP is required (three (3) years preferred).
Experience in outpatient care in a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine environment is preferred.
CRNP shall have current, full, active, and unrestricted license and registration as a graduate professional nurse Utah.