Job Description

Family Nurse Practitioner (APRN)

Family Nurse Practitioner (APRN)

(Full-time; 40 hours/week)

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 37-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 healthcare, as well as care coordination and community outreach.

Location: Danielson, 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: $113,263 (Masters) / $118,263 (Doctorate)
  • Sign-On Bonus: $5,000
  • Rural Disparity Payment (Danielson only): $4,000

Benefits:

  • 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 & Wellness Programs
  • 403(b) retirement savings plan
  • 5 weeks paid time off
  • 9 paid holidays
  • Loan repayment eligibility through NHSC
  • Malpractice insurance provided
  • CME days & CME/CEU and CPE stipends
  • Relocation assistance for applicable candidates

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 of the patients served
  • Knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span as pertains to scope of practice
  • Experience in an ambulatory primary care setting, preferred

How to Apply

Interested applicants should submit resume and application online at:

http://www.genhealth.org/rewarding-careers/opportunities

To apply by mail, email or fax:

Generations Family Health Center, Inc.,

ATTN: Human Resources

40 Mansfield Ave, Willimantic, CT  06226-1948

FAX:  (860) 456-1293

EMAIL: hr@genhealth.org

Link: Job & Application Details
Email: hr@genhealth.org

Location:
Generations Family Health Center Danielson