Urgent Care Provider (NP or PA) - Full Time - Stamford

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

This is a full time position supporting our CHC location in New Britain, CT. Join our primary care team in delivering full primary care and urgent care services in a patient-centered medical home.

As a Urgent Care Provider for Community Health Center, you will:

• Assess and treat common acute and episodic illness in patients of all ages.
• Provide preventative services as appropriate.
• Perform appropriate diagnostic waived testing as required and arrange for follow up care with PCP as indicated.
• Provide problem-specific education to individual and family members as appropriate.
• Utilize evidence based standards in formulating treatment plan, and communicate rationale for decision making with patients.
• Document all findings, including appropriate plan for follow up care, in electronic health record.
• Participate in the organization’s quality improvement program.

APRN/PA Qualifications - Required for this role:

• Graduate of an accredited Master of Science in Nursing program or Physician Assistant Master's program.
• Licensed as either a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.

Organization Information:

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), with offices in Connecticut, Colorado and California, is one of the country’s most creative and dynamic providers of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services, and a leader in practice-based research, health professionals training, and use of innovative technologies to advance health and healthcare. CHC is designated as a federally qualified health center and a patient-centered medical home by HRSA, the Joint Commission, and NCQA, respectively. We deliver more than 600,000 patient visits per year from primary care hubs and community clinics across the state of CT, all connected by technology and common standards for quality. We employ several hundred medical, dental, and behavioral health providers who are engaged in practice, teaching, and research. Our Weitzman Institute is devoted to research and practice transformation and is recognized around the country as one of the premier research institutes focused on improving health care and health outcomes for special and vulnerable populations.

Location: Community Health Center of Stamford - 5th Street

City: Stamford

State: Connecticut

Time Type: Full time