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Generations Family Health Center, Inc. Family Nurse Practitioner (APRN) in Putnam, Connecticut
Family Nurse Practitioner (APRN)
(Full-time; 40 hours/week)
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Are you an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse looking to make a genuine difference for patients? Join our team at Generations Family Health Center!
Generations Family Health Center, Inc. is a regional community health center covering a thirty-seven town rural region in eastern Connecticut with sites located in Willimantic, Danielson, Norwich and Putnam. Our dedicated staff provides a full range of primary care services to all ages including medical, dental and behavioral health care, as well as care coordination and community outreach. In addition to our main facilities, we offer mobile programs and School Based Health Centers.
We are seeking an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse to assist us in providing our patients with quality, compassionate healthcare. Ideally, you will have prior experience in an ambulatory primary care setting. We currently have an opening at our facility in Willimantic, CT. If this sounds like the kind of career opportunity that you've been waiting for, and if you meet our qualifications, we want to talk with you. Contact us today!
Location: Willimantic, CT
Job Responsibilities:As a Family Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, you will provide a broad range of clinical primary care services, which will include routine and appropriate ambulatory adult, pediatric, and gynecological care as assigned.
Your specific duties in this APRN role include:
- Providing care appropriate to the age of the patients served
- Performing office diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Performing therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing, wound care, and managing infection
- Instructing and counseling patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance
- Developing and implementing patient management plans, recording progress notes, and assisting in provision of continuity of care
- Performing comprehensive physical examinations and compile patient medical data, including health history and physical exam results
Salary Scale Starting: $113,263 (Masters) / $118,263 (Doctorate)
Sign-On Bonus: $5,000
Bilingual Stipend (for verified Spanish language fluency, Willimantic only): $3,000
Benefits:Generations is also proud to offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:
- Primarily day-time schedule, some evenings (8 hour shifts, Monday-Friday) / one Saturday per month (4 hour shift, stipend)
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Short Term Disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Wellness Program
- 403(b) retirement savings plan
- 5 weeks paid time off
- 9 paid holidays
- Malpractice insurance provided
- Loan repayment through NHSC and NHSC Scholarship Repayment Site
- CME days and CME/CEU and CPE stipends
Qualifications
As an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, you must be highly detail-oriented with superior analytical skills as well as the ability to accurately assess patient conditions and to react quickly in emergency situations. You must also have a positive and empathetic personality with the ability to work effectively with others as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Specific qualifications for the APRN role include:
M.S. degree from an accredited school of nursing
Nationally recognized certification in area of practice
Board certification
Current licensure in the State of Connecticut or ability to obtain license in the state
Valid Federal and State Controlled Substance License
Demonstrated ability to provide care appropriate to the age o