Community Health Center of Buffalo - 34 Benwood Avenue · Buffalo, NY
This verified site may support up to $75,000 through the initial two-year NHSC commitment. A provider starting with the representative $100,000 balance could be debt-free in about 10 years under this estimate.
Estimate only. Awards depend on program rules, discipline, service commitment, site eligibility, and available funding.
**Job Summary:**
The Nurse Practitioner - Family Health provides primary healthcare to a selected group of patients, focusing on wellness promotion, illness prevention, and managing acute minor and stable chronic illnesses in collaboration with physicians in accordance with education and state laws.
**Responsibilities:**
- Supervising and providing clinical direction to clinical staff, including RNs, LPNs, and Medical Assistants.
- Adhering to all clinical policies and procedures, including infection control principles and confidentiality.
- Assessing physical and psychosocial health status through medical history and physical examination.
- Ordering and interpreting laboratory tests.
- Triage, diagnose, and treat illnesses and physical conditions within the specialty area of practice.
- Performing therapeutic and corrective measures, including prescribing medication, and providing preventive health maintenance and education.
- Teaching and counseling patients, families, and groups.
- Adhering to the conditions specified in the Nurse Practitioner Practice Agreement.
- Participating in quality improvement activities.
- Complying with guidelines set by collaborating physicians and regulatory agencies governing healthcare delivery.
- Performing special assignments as requested.
- Preparing written documentation, maintaining, distributing, analyzing, and protecting information for required records, reports, and statistics.
- Directing, instructing, and evaluating nurse practitioner students.
- Contributing to Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance activities.
- Performing other relevant duties as assigned.
**Job Summary:**
The Nurse Practitioner - Family Health provides primary healthcare to a selected group of patients, focusing on wellness promotion, illness prevention, and managing acute minor and stable chronic illnesses in collaboration with physicians in accordance with education and state laws.
**Responsibilities:**
- Supervising and providing clinical direction to clinical staff, including RNs, LPNs, and Medical Assistants.
- Adhering to all clinical policies and procedures, including infection control principles and confidentiality.
- Assessing physical and psychosocial health status through medical history and physical examination.
- Ordering and interpreting laboratory tests.
- Triage, diagnose, and treat illnesses and physical conditions within the specialty area of practice.
- Performing therapeutic and corrective measures, including prescribing medication, and providing preventive health maintenance and education.
- Teaching and counseling patients, families, and groups.
- Adhering to the conditions specified in the Nurse Practitioner Practice Agreement.
- Participating in quality improvement activities.
- Complying with guidelines set by collaborating physicians and regulatory agencies governing healthcare delivery.
- Performing special assignments as requested.
- Preparing written documentation, maintaining, distributing, analyzing, and protecting information for required records, reports, and statistics.
- Directing, instructing, and evaluating nurse practitioner students.
- Contributing to Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance activities.
- Performing other relevant duties as assigned.
New York requires a physician relationship for at least one part of nurse practitioner practice.
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