NURSE PRACTITIONER

Position Summary 

The Mid-Level Practitioner – Floater is a highly flexible clinical resource who provides direct patient care across designated FQHC sites in Southern Miami and the Florida Keys. The practitioner supports continuity of care, patient access, and clinical operations by providing coverage across multiple locations and programs based on organizational needs. 

The Floater Practitioner will provide both in-person and telehealth care, including coverage for planned and unplanned provider absences, vacancies, recruitment gaps, fluctuations in patient volume, and other clinical staffing needs. 

The successful candidate must be comfortable working across multiple clinical environments and demonstrate a high degree of flexibility, independence, initiative, adaptability, and responsiveness. 

Responsibilities 

• Provides direct patient care across designated FQHC sites and clinical programs based on organizational needs. 
• Provides remote patient care via telehealth across assigned FQHC sites as needed. 
• Provides coverage for planned and unplanned provider absences, vacancies, recruitment gaps, and fluctuations in patient volume. 
• Provides comprehensive primary care services, including acute, chronic, preventive, and follow-up care, within the practitioner's scope of practice and clinical privileges. 
• Supports patient access by providing coverage at sites experiencing increased demand, provider shortages, appointment backlogs, or other operational needs. 
• Adapts to multiple clinical environments, workflows, teams, patient populations, and locations. 
• Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness in accepting assignments and adjusting to changing clinical and operational priorities. 
• Is self-directed and proactive in assisting other clinicians and clinical teams without being prompted, identifying opportunities to support patient care, access, workflow, and team effectiveness. 
• Collaborates effectively with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical assistants, behavioral health professionals, care managers, pharmacists, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team. 
• Maintains continuity of care through appropriate follow-up, referrals, care coordination, and effective handoffs between providers and locations. 
• Completes timely and accurate clinical documentation, orders, prescriptions, referrals, and results management in the electronic health record. 
• Participates in quality-improvement, patient-safety, population-health, and other organizational initiatives as assigned. 
• Meets applicable HRSA, UDS, Joint Commission, state, federal, and Health Center quality, safety, compliance, documentation, and productivity standards. 
• Maintains required professional licensure, certifications, credentialing, and clinical privileges. 
• Demonstrates professionalism, accountability, teamwork, cultural sensitivity, and commitment to providing high-quality care to the communities served by the Health Center. 

Qualifications 

Required 

Preferred 

• Previous experience in an FQHC, community health center, safety-net, or underserved-care environment. 
• Primary care experience. 
• Experience providing telehealth services. 
• Experience working across multiple clinical locations. 
• Experience caring for medically and socially complex populations. 
• Familiarity with HRSA/UDS quality measures and population-health initiatives. 

Key Attributes 

The ideal candidate will be: 

• Flexible – readily adjusts to changing assignments and clinical needs. 
• Adaptable – quickly integrates into different sites, teams, workflows, and patient populations. 
• Self-directed – identifies and addresses clinical and operational needs without waiting to be asked. 
• Collaborative – works effectively with physicians and interdisciplinary teams. 
• Reliable – provides consistent coverage and responds to organizational needs. 
• Patient-centered – prioritizes quality, access, safety, and continuity of care. 
• Mobile – comfortable providing care across Southern Miami and Florida Keys locations. 
• Resourceful – able to function effectively in varying clinical environments. 

Why join our team? 

This position provides an opportunity for an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to play a critical role in supporting patient access and clinical continuity across a large community health center network. 

The Floater Practitioner serves as a strategic clinical resource, helping ensure that patients continue to receive timely, high-quality care when staffing needs, patient volumes, and operational priorities change. 

If you are an adaptable, self-directed clinician who enjoys variety, values teamwork, and wants to make a meaningful impact across multiple communities, we encourage you to apply.