Family Nurse Practitioner

Absolute Staffers is a Maryland based contingency staffing organization specializing in bringing together highly qualified professionals with government and commercial clients. We focus on helping businesses and professionals grow, by matching the right talent to the right opportunity. We recruit, manage, and retain professionals from all over the country and place them in environments where they will succeed and thrive. Absolute Staffers is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law

Job Title: Family Nurse Practitioner

Company: Absolute Staffers, LLC

Location: Barksdale Air Force Base, LA

Status: Contract - Full Time

We are looking for a Family Nurse Practitioner for an immediate opening at our Barksdale Air Force Base location. This candidate will provide a full range of nurse practitioner services (e.g., supervise and provide general screening and medical care and examinations of patients for routine, acute and chronic conditions involving any and all organ systems; provide immunizations; diagnose, treat and counsel patients as indicated). Help provide service for our military service members and their families while enjoying museums, parks, hunting, and fishing in your free time. Barksdale AFB is located just 7-miles from Louisiana's third largest city, Shreveport.

Key duties and responsibilities:

The duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Treat patients with common acute conditions, illnesses, or minor trauma within accepted protocols, Nurse Practice Acts, and /or in collaboration with a physician.
• Collaborate with the physician in the health care of patients with chronic illnesses.
• Promote preventive and health maintenance care, including annual physicals, positive health behaviors, and self-care skills through education and counseling.
• Participate in the orientation of newly assigned personnel, as appropriate.
• Serve and participate in committees, functions and other meetings as directed.

Working Conditions: Barksdale AFB clinic provides outpatient primary, specialty, and ancillary care for enrolled beneficiaries.

Work Hours

• Minimum 40 hours per week
• Scheduled shifts are normally Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm.
• 1-hour unpaid lunch

To speak with a recruiter contact Vishal Sabarwal at (301) 969 - 1540.

Education

• Must have Master's degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice from a program that is accredited by a regional or national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Current board certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

Key Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent written communications skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity in accordance with requirements.
• Knowledgeable of professional care theories, principles, practices, disease process and procedures.
• Knowledgeable of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, side effects and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacological agent, including dosage calculation as required.
• Knowledgeable of the administrative requirements for proper documentation of patients' condition including disease progress, acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care.
• Knowledgeable of computer operations and proficiency in the use of basic word processing, data entry and automated medical records.
• Skilled in setting up, operating and monitoring specialized medical equipment such as IV infusion pumps, cardiac monitoring devices, EKG units, oxygen analyzers, nebulizers, and other unit specific equipment.
• Able to recognize adverse signs and symptoms and react quickly in emergencies.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.