Position Title: Family Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant

Reports to: Chief Medical Officer

Department: Clinical

Status: Full-time Exempt

Salary:  $100k –120k

Schedule: Flexible 4-5 day work week.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provides comprehensive primary care services in a community health center - ambulatory clinic setting.
• Performs medical services that are within the scope of practice, using his/her best professional judgment. The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant maintains a current collaborative practice agreement with at least one health center physician.
• Renders care following recognized standards of care and evidence-based guidelines.
• Assesses patient needs for specialty referrals, diagnostic imaging, and in-patient care and make appropriate referrals for service.
• Provides patients and family members with counseling and education regarding health maintenance, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and need for follow-up as appropriate.
• Performs minor outpatient procedures and ambulatory treatments and diagnostics in accordance with approved privileges.
• Responsible for accurate, timely, and complete documentation in patient records in accordance with health center policy.
• Participates in shared “call” system with other providers, on a rotational basis, to provide continuous coverage for health center patients on a 24/7 basis.
• Participates in Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement and Risk Management activities and initiatives. Utilizes reports from health center QA/QI/RM monitoring of clinical quality measures to provide leadership for continuous quality improvement on the practice team. 

Qualifications:

• Current, valid, unrestricted Virginia license (FNP, PA-C)
• Certifications Required: AANPCB (FNP), NCCPA (PA)
• Current, valid, unrestricted DEA license
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Three years of primary care experience preferred
• FQHC experience preferred

About Community Health Center

Virginia Community Healthcare Association (VCHA) is a non-profit membership organization that serves as the primary care association for Virginia’s thirty community health centers and look-alike health centers. Membership in VCHA is open to all Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes operating delivery sites in Virginia. VCHA supports our health centers in their mission to provide access to health care regardless of geographic location or ability to pay.

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