Nurse Practitioner

Company: Prairie Band, LLC
Location: Taos
Posted on: May 3, 2024

Job Description:

Description:Join the professional team at the Taos Indian Health Clinic. This is a locum, full time position starting in July 2024, offer needs to be finalized in April to give enough time to process Federal Security Clearance and Credentialing. Come along and see what it is like to work for a mission driven health center in beautiful Taos during their best season! Learn more about the clinic and area here https://www.ihs.gov/albuquerque/healthcarefacilities/taospicuris/ Apply now and receive a phone call right away!NP with strong background in Family or Internal Medicine as primary services

• The Practitioner shall interview and examine patients, review past medical history and request and/ or perform diagnostic tests and examinations as necessary to make diagnosis for primary care services. They make diagnosis after evaluating information obtained and provide medical or surgical treatment and/ or referral as appropriate.
• The practitioner shall counsel and educate patients, families, community and medical staff about general health care.
• The practitioner shall prescribe drugs and tests necessary to provide including the use of radiology and laboratory
• The practitioner shall become familiar with and be guided by the Indian Health Service formulary and shall follow IHS procedures when prescribing drugs
• The practitioner authorized to prescribe pharmaceuticals shall do so according to the availability of drugs listed in the IHS formulary
• IHS pharmacy services will provide instructions to the prescribing contract physician as to substitution of generic drugs for prescribed drugs The service unit pharmacy must approve drugs not on the formulary
• The practitioner shall participate in a continual process of quality of health care evaluation to assure the provision of quality service.
• Strive for excellence in providing general family medicine medical services.
• Comply with all IHS facility infection control and safety procedures, practices, and standards
• Respect and maintain the basic right of patients, to include but not limited to personal dignity
• Referrals- all referrals shall be done utilizing the Patient Referred Care (PRC) process. The PRC Committee utilizing PRC guidelines will review these referrals.PM21Requirements:Please provide/upload the following documents along with your application-
  • Current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
  • Current DEA
  • Current Board Eligible or Certified
  • Current BLS, ACLS, PALS
  • Certification of Education - copy of diploma or transcriptsPIbb221ad22ad5-31181-29890396

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