Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (FQHC Primary Care)

Quick Facts

• Setting: Outpatient primary care at an FQHC
• Schedule: Full-time with flexible weekday schedule
• Role: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Description

Outpatient primary care role at an FQHC in Greenville, North Carolina, supporting the community. You will manage each patient visit end-to-end—intake, EHR documentation, reviewing history and prior results, placing orders, performing and documenting procedures, prescribing and administering medications/immunizations, and planning follow-up. The role also emphasizes clinical quality measures, peer review, and ongoing quality improvement (QI) work.

Responsibilities

• Conduct medical care for each patient visit, including pertinent history and physical exam
• Document chief complaint, HPI, ROS, and physical exam in the EHR
• Review and update past medical history, family history, social history, medications, and allergies in the EHR
• Review vital signs and results/reports from prior orders
• Place new orders; perform and document procedures
• Administer medications and immunizations
• Determine and document assessment and plan; prescribe medications
• Provide patient education, guidance, and counseling; arrange follow-up
• Sign EHR encounters within established policy timelines
• Respond to patient questions after the encounter
• Follow established scheduling templates
• Participate in quality metrics and departmental QI projects; consistently document QI-related activities
• Attend practitioners’, clinical site, and practice-wide meetings; read organizational communication
• Complete peer review and comply with Clinical Quality Measures expectations
• Use resources to verify standards of care and modify workflows to meet QI objectives

Requirements

• Ability to provide outpatient primary care and manage complete patient visits
• Strong EHR clinical documentation skills, including timely encounter sign-off
• Ability to perform history/physical exams, review vitals and prior results, and create an assessment and plan
• Ability to place orders, perform/document procedures, administer medications/immunizations, and prescribe
• Experience working with scheduling templates and participating in quality metrics/QI projects

Benefits

• Competitive salary and incentives/bonus models
• Student loan repayment programs
• Sign-on bonus
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Major medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
• Long-term disability and life insurance
• Generous paid time off
• CME allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings and Dependent Care Accounts