Full-Time Family Physician Assistant/ Family Nurse Practitioner
Job Description
Fenway Health is New England’s premiere provider of healthcare to the LGBT community. It is a Federally Qualified Health Center with competitive salaries, strong leadership, excellent organizational supports, and a compelling patient mix. Fenway: South End (FSE) is one of its smaller offices with a homey feel and a reputation for being the organization’s trend setter when it comes to team work, efficiency and patient-centered care. FSE has its own pharmacy and lab, and provides on-site behavioral health, social work, and nutrition support. Known for its excellence in HIV care and men’s health, FSE is evolving into a diverse practice as it expands its service to trans-identified individuals, women, LGBT families, and underserved members of the surrounding neighborhoods.
As a part of a multidisciplinary team, a family nurse practitioner or physician assistant will provide full-spectrum patient care under the direction of a supervising physician and with the support of nursing and behavioral health staff. The NP or PA offers increased access to existing patients while building his or her own panel. The NP or PA can expect to provide health maintenance visits as well as episodic illness or chronic disease care to patients.
Responsibilities include: providing direct medical services, psychosocial screening and evaluations to patients; performing a variety of medical procedures such as biopsies, incision and drainage, cryotherapy, and minor surgical procedures; maintaining patient records and documentation; and participating in educational conferences, training efforts, and practice improvement initiatives.
Requirements:
- Appropriate Massachusetts licensure as well as Board certification
- Minimum of 2 years of primary care clinical experience as an NP or PA
- An interest in and/or experience with family medicine or Med/Peds is preferred
- Interest in LGBT health highly desirable
- Experience treating people living with HIV/AIDS is preferred
- The provider will be expected to maintain controlled substance licensure in MA and a federal DEA license
- Experience working in an ethnically, culturally, and racially diverse environment preferred
- Ability to work harmoniously with diverse groups of individuals required
