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DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY SERVICES OF NEW ORLEANS
Nurse Practitioner
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What they do
A Nurse Practitioner provides primary care and nursing care to patients. Performs physical exams, orders diagnostic tests, and provides medications. Works in a physician's office or other healthcare facility, under the direction of a physician. Performs work similar to that of a physician assistant but has different medical training and degree.
$123,065 / year median in Illinois
+25% projected growth
Job Description
DePaul Community Services of New Orleans operates multiple Federally Qualified Health Centers in the Greater New Orleans area. DCSNO is committed to improving the health status of communities and continues a long tradition of health ministry. DCSNO is seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner to provide care in our outpatient clinics. The Nurse Practitioner operates as part of a team with other clinic providers and support staff in accordance with the scope of DCSNO operations.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides medical services to patients, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention
- Diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases
- Prescribe pharmacologic treatments
- Serve as health care resource, interdisciplinary consultant and patient advocate
- Must have experience working with diverse population
- Must be a critical thinker with the ability to problem solve
- Must have excellent communication skills, including verbal and written
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be LA licensed NP in good standing with the State of Louisiana
- Three - five years of NP pediatric experience preferred