Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities:

• Assesses patient's physical and psychosocial health/illness status through history taking and physical examination.
• Practices within the collaborative model with physicians, nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists
• Diagnoses, manages, and appropriately refers patients with acute, episodic, or chronic illness according to department protocols.
• Orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests according to established guidelines.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
• Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress.
• Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
• Knowledge of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosages and instruct patients in correct usage.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and patient care services in area of medical expertise.
• Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise
• Facilitates and coordinates patient care referrals to specialists and outside agencies
• Develops and provides educational materials and/or programs to patients, families, and other health care professionals at the Center.
• Assumes formal teaching responsibilities within area of expertise and precepts nurse practitioner students, medical students, and residents as appropriate.

• May participate in medical and/or nursing research.
• Participates in defining nursing standards, practices, and educational needs of patient care staff
• May share call responsibilities of the service.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and patient care services in area of medical expertise.
• Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise.
• Actively participates in the departmental quality assurance program.
• Serves on appropriate department and/or hospital committees.

• Performs other related duties as requires and as assigned.

• Managing patient care is a team effort that involves clinical and non-clinical staff interacting with patients.

• Demonstrate understanding and commitment of the health center mission.

• Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the established CHC Values and Standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Massachusetts Licensed Registered Nurse required
• Certified in Massachusetts to practice in the expanded role as a Family Nurse Practitioner required
• Certified in CPR/AED or equivalent.
• Demonstrated mastery of a specialty area or other related field normally acquired by 3-5 years progressively responsible nursing experience preferred.