Temporary Advanced Practitioner (NP, PA)

Commitment to Citizen Service

Service encompasses all aspects of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indian’s governmental operations. Every employee shares the responsibility to provide exemplary service, dignity, and respect to all Tribal Citizens, the Tribal Council, staff members and community members. To this end, all employees have an obligation to identify and report any service problems, issues, or concerns and through designated channels, initiate, recommend, and actively participate in solutions.

Position Summary: Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and promote and maintain health of the Pokagon Band community in general clinical practice.

Essential Functions:

• Establish compassionate, therapeutic clinical environment and embrace integrated holistic health care as practiced throughout the Pokagon Health Services Department.
• Provide individualized and culturally appropriate medical support to individual clients, families and the community.
• Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Determine abnormal conditions and health status by administering and ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms and laboratory studies; interpret test results.
• Prescribe medications as delegated by physician and in compliance with Health Code and applicable State and Federal regulations.
• Instruct and counsel patients by describing therapeutic regimens, providing normal growth and development information, discussing family planning and reproductive health, and providing counseling on emotional problems.
• Refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment
• Advise patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for disease prevention.
• Documents patient care by charting in Employee Medical Records and other applicable medical record keeping systems.
• Participate in case management, and other interdisciplinary health care team meeting.
• Refers patients to other health care team members and medical specialists for services when necessary.
• Maintain continuity of care with area hospital, communicate with and review pertinent records from hospitalists and other physicians and specialists associated with client care.
• Work collaboratively with physicians and other health care providers within the Department of Health Services.
• Comply with applicable Federal, State, local, and Band legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educations workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies, and maintaining certifications.
• Assist with addressing complaints, resolving problems, and exploring and implementing new or improved methods and procedures for improving workflow and service to patients.
• Attend departmental meetings, as scheduled.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Participate and deliver services at health fairs and other community health events.
• Perform other related functions as assigned.

Equipment:

• Standard medical equipment.
• Systems used: MS Office Applications, Electronic Medical Records
• Protective gear required as necessary.

Position Requirements:

• Certification in any state as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant.
• Ability to alleviate stress and anxiety and be supportive of persons and work tactfully, collaboratively, diplomatically and with highest level of confidentiality required.
• Must pass credentials check and verification and National Practitioner’s Databank inquiry.
• Experience working with underserved communities preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office Applications preferred.

Indian Preference:

• Pokagon Band Preference Code applies.

Physical Requirements:

• Frequently required to use hands and fingers to operate equipment.
• Frequently required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and bend, and crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required including close vision, distance vision, color vision

Work Environment:

• Work in well-lighted, heated, air-conditioned building.
• May be exposed to blood, body tissue and fluids as well as hazardous substances/chemicals.
• Exposure to noise of agitated patients, significant work pace/pressure.
• Local travel is necessary, so the ability to travel as needed is required.

Competencies:

• Fostering Communication
• Using Information Technology
• Achievement Orientation
• Teamwork
• Exemplifying Integrity