Nurse Practitioner - Ute Mountain Ute Health Center - Towaoc, CO

Akicita Federal is hiring a Nurse Practitioner to provide outpatient primary care services at the Ute Mountain Ute Health Center in Towaoc, CO, serving Ute Mountain Ute Tribe members and other eligible beneficiaries across pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations. This is a one-year assignment with possible extensions at a tribally operated health program.

- Provide comprehensive primary care including assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning and management, follow-up, health maintenance, and preventive services for pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients

- Order, interpret, and evaluate laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, and other diagnostic procedures within scope of practice

- Prescribe medications and therapeutic interventions in accordance with applicable law, IHS policy, and credentialing privileges

- Initiate specialty referrals and coordinate continuity of care, including recommendations for Purchased/Referred Care

- Participate in scheduled clinics, same-day appointments, and walk-in patient care as a member of the Patient-Centered Medical Home team

- Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, behavioral health providers, pharmacists, public health nurses, social services, and other interdisciplinary professionals

- Coordinate care with outside facilities for emergency stabilization, transfer, or higher levels of care

- Document all patient encounters in the facility's electronic health record on the date services are rendered, and complete chart deficiencies within 24 hours of notification

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., eight hours per day, excluding Federal holidays.