Nurse Practitioner - Orthopedic jobs in Suffolk, VA

IMMEDIATE OPENING for a Full-time Nurse Practitioner to support the Naval Medical Center, Suffolk, VA.

SPECIFIC TASKS. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Perform Deployment Health screenings, assess the results, treat patients, and refer patients for further treatment as appropriate. Web-enabled Periodic Heath Assessment and/or DoD directed health screenings shall also be utilized.
• Follow MTF specific referral/admission protocols, when seeing patients that requires an admission to the MTF
• Provide comprehensive health care for all ages and families in their Medical Home Port Team, but particularly their assigned patients, utilizing evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines and engage patients actively in their health care.
• Provide health maintenance and preventive services to individual patients as recommended by accepted guidelines. Engage in proactive population-based health management, providing regular surveillance to patient’s need for preventive services and management of chronic disease leveraging information technology decision support tools and the members of the medical home port team.
• Precept students (residents, NP, PA, IDC etc.) and new staff members as directed

Education:

• Degree/Education: Possess a Master’s, Post-master’s or Doctorate degree from an advanced practice nursing program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), formerly known as the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support: Possess current certification as a Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Obtain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Experience: Possess a minimum of one (1) year of experience within the preceding two (2) years as a Nurse Practitioner in a primary care or family practice setting.
• Licensure/Registration: Possess current unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse or Advanced Practice Nurse in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Benefits include:

• Relocation (If necessary)
• Competitive wages
• Health benefits
• Health & Welfare Reimbursement
• 401(K)

Please submit resume for immediate consideration

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $1.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Primary Care

Work setting:

• In-person

Ability to Relocate:

• Suffolk, VA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person