Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Job Summary

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for adult primary care

Employment - Part-time, approximately 20 hours per week.

Join a team of dedicated employees and volunteers who are passionate about providing competent, compassionate care for lower income adults in Whitfield and Murray County who have no insurance. The DEO Clinic, Inc. has been operating as a free clinic since 2005. The DEO Clinic is a 501c3 non-profit.

We are seeking candidates whose passion for serving others is their primary motivation.

You’ll be both a health practitioner and an educator, supporting disease prevention practices and helping people lead healthy lives. As a Nurse Practitioner, you’ll have to work closely with other healthcare professionals, so you should have a team spirit and a positive attitude. Patience, problem-solving skills and communication ability are important. The DEO Clinic operates with a small staff and more than 80 volunteers to provide consistent care for our patients.

The position includes direct patient care and managing patient programs such as Retinopathy Screening and/or Hep C screening and treatment.

Essential duties and Responsibilities:

In all things, consider the pathway to better health that is truly accessible to DEO patients.

Exercise compassion, flexibility and strong ethics.

Under limited supervision, perform advanced nursing functions and conduct preventive health care assessments, order and interpret laboratory tests, prescribe appropriate treatments/therapies and provide education.

Diagnose and treat chronic, acute or episodic illnesses.

Conduct physical examinations, perform screening and order laboratory tests.

Interpret patient history, symptoms and physical findings.

Prescribe medications

Assist in the management of medication inventories in the clinic, including ordering, counting and distributing.

Open and close the clinic as needed, following established procedures.

Educate patients and families regarding disease, procedures, medication, nutrition and healthcare, coach patients in measured health goals as requested.

Promote DEO values in patient care, community image and attitude in the working environment.

Provide coverage in the clinic when other staff are not present, including but not limited to making appointments, filling pill bottles, taking vitals, administrative tasks.

Foster relationships with volunteers and other local health professionals to make the maximum resources available to patients.

Recommend new programs to benefit patients.

Answer patient phone calls or voicemails, manage refill requests.

Work in EMR systems of the clinic, specifically, Athena.

Participate in clinic fundraising efforts.

Follow practices that protect patients and volunteers from exposure to contagions.

Participate in telehealth if needed.

Exercise careful stewardship of resources and guide resources toward the greatest benefit to patients.

Direct staff RN or volunteers when medical questions arise, pursue advice from physicians as needed.

Demonstrate multi-cultural sensitivity and experience or interest in working with underserved communities.

Find ways to expand services to the community while adhering to the DEO clinic budget and mission.

Help patients overcome obstacles to better health through advocacy, health education and encouragement.

Physical requirements: Range of motion to allow patient exams.

Occasional lifting of clinic supplies and/or equipment.

Working on a computer.

Job and Educational requirements:

Adhere to professional standards, DEO policies and procedures, federal, state and local requirements.

Possess and maintain current professional certification and license, currently licensed as a Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant in the state of Georgia. Operate under the nurse protocol agreement with a delegating physician and under the guidelines of the Georgia Volunteer Healthcare Program.

Proficiency in Athenahealth or other Electronic Medical Records systems.

Strong understanding of HIPAA regulations to ensure patient confidentiality and data security at all times.

Any proficiency in Spanish is a plus.

Using lab equipment at DEO requires training and sign off by DEO’s designated trainer.

All medical personnel can perform only the tasks they are licensed and trained to do.

Pay: $60.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 20.0 per week

Work Location: In person