Job description
Job Summary:
This position is for four Nurse Practitioners or Physician's Assistants who shall provide family medical care at a health clinic in Albuquerque, NM. The Tour of Duty is 8 am to 4:30 pm. The main unit in Albuquerque is in need of NP/PAs. If needed, other locations are Bernalillo and Zia Pueblo in NM.
Enjoy more than competitive hourly pay with Chloeta! We offer a wide variety of benefits, such as medical insurance, 401K, and life insurance. Plus, many contract staff receive per diem for lodging, meals, and mileage. We accept any state's license and require the ability to pass a federal background check. Pay varies based on experience and specialty.
Job Classification: Full Time Contract
Supervisory Responsibilities: None unless otherwise determined by facility.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/or performs complex diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain all possible information related to each case.
- Makes preliminary diagnosis, directs, prescribes, or provides treatment, or arranges for specialized care or patient referral as required.
- Evaluates patients within the full age spectrum presenting for services. Bases decisions upon information obtained, professional medical knowledge and skills and prescribe policies and procedures. Makes note of observations to be incorporated into clinical records.
- Gives total patient care including prevention, health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up services to patients under his/her care. Obtains consultation as needed. As clinically appropriate, provides medical care to patients for wide spectrum of acute and chronic illness.
- May serve as a member of the code team in life threatening situations for which the “code blue” or “medical emergency” activation system has been initiated.
- When working in urgent care department, provides patient care to individuals within the full age spectrum and obtains consultants as needed. Patients occasionally present to urgent care with urgent medical issues and may require prompt evaluation and decision making. Provides urgent care including evaluation, stabilization, and transfer of patients with sepsis, MI, laceration, fracture, abdominal pain, glycemic issues, psychiatric illness, respiratory conditions, pediatric illness, and renal dysfunction.
- Recognizes and gives initial treatment of acute and psychiatric problems.
- Provides primary medical care to patients with a wide spectrum of illness.
- Conducts outpatient clinics making observations appropriate to the outpatient’s underlying disease and treatment plan, including current symptoms. Reviews the patient’s medications, diet, therapy course, adherence to management plan and patient observations. Modifies regimen as required. Instructs and counsels patients as required.
- Refers patients to appropriate contracted medical or other facilities, providing full clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided at local facilities.
- Comfortable seeing average of 25-30 patients per shift.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Possess knowledge, skills, and abilities to use a computer and navigate various platforms.
- Cultural sensitivity.
Education and Experience:
- Required: Completed a USA accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant program with a minimum of twelve months experience in the specialty. There must be no lapse of services of no more than six (6) months prior to beginning tour of duty.
- Required: Board certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the American Association of Nurse Practitioners/PAs and shall possess a current, valid, unrestricted appropriate license in any state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a Territory of the United States, throughout the term of this contract. If the contractor is asked to perform outside the normal training parameters of his/her specialty, then the contractor shall provide certification of hospital privileges in those additional scope of practice(s).
- Required: Must maintain a valid, current, full, and unrestricted DEA license with schedule types II through V and maintain certification throughout the term of the contract. License verification must be provided at the time of application.
- Required: Shall provide three (3) current letters of reference from other health care providers familiar with the contractor's clinical practice skills within the same discipline. One letter must be from the Chief of Staff/Medical Director or Immediate Supervisor at the hospital in which the contractor either holds or last held staff privileges. If the contractor has just completed a residency program, one of the letters shall be from the program director or service chief.
- Required: Shall maintain a valid and current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certifications and are mandatory for Family Nurse Practitioners.
- Required: Must have and maintain a current driver's license throughout the contract period.
- Certifications, CV, and licenses are due at the time of application and can be emailed to certification@chloeta.com.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to withstand physical and emotional stress.
- Requires long hours of standing and moving.
- Able to frequently lift at least 50 lbs., reach, pull, push, bend, stoop, and kneel.
- At the time of hire, must provide a fitness for duty certificate issued by a licensed physician to perform the proposed job without significant risk to personal health or the health and safety of others.
- At the time of hire, must provide documentation of evidence of immunizations as required by the facility's immunization policy.
- License verification and certifications must be provided at the time of application and can be emailed to certification@chloeta.com.
Benefits: (Full Time Employees Only)
Eligible employees at Chloeta receive the following industry leading benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Access to Teladoc
- Paid Annual Leave/PTO
- Paid Sick Leave
- 13 Paid Holidays
- 401(k) Safe Harbor
- Life Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Accident Critical or Hospital Focused Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
Pre-employment Requirements:
This position may be contingent upon passing a security clearance, criminal background check (state and federal), drug screen, Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) review, education verification, employment verification, and/or credit check after acceptance of an offer and prior to beginning work, due to the nature of the services Chloeta provides and the responsibilities of this position.
Drug and Alcohol Testing:
To enforce Chloeta’s Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy, an employee or candidate could be subject to undergoing a drug screen and/or alcohol testing at the beginning of employment, as well as after commencement of employment where there is reasonable suspicion of intoxication, or following an automobile or other accident, or as part of a company or facility-wide random drug screen process.
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA):
Under the FCRA, Chloeta may request a credit check during the onboarding process. A written authorization form will be required before obtaining credit records.
Emergency Response:
Every Chloeta employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official Duty Station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official Position Description (PD). Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
EEO Statement:
Chloeta provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
About Chloeta:
Chloeta is a privately held, certified Native American owned enterprise providing a diverse range of engineering, scientific and technical solutions to support military, energy, homeland security, emergency preparedness and critical infrastructure requirements.
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