Nurse Practitioner
Core
Provide clinical care, diagnosis, and treatment for patients at risk of sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis within public health clinics and community outreach settings.
Role type
Nurse Practitioner (Public Health)
Builds
Patient care services, health education curricula, and infection control guidance for healthcare providers.
Domain
Public Health / Infectious Disease
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Patient assessment, diagnosis, medication prescription, health education, curriculum development, on-call emergency response, medical guidance
Preferred skills
Chronic care management, communicable disease treatment, bilingual communication (English/Spanish)
Technologies
Laboratory test interpretation, CXR interpretation
Responsibilities
Obtain patient histories and perform examinations, prescribe and dispense medication, coordinate medical resources, order and interpret lab results and imaging, develop teaching curricula for STIs and TB, serve as on-call provider for high-priority reports, train healthcare workers in clinical procedures.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC