Nurse Practitioner or Experienced Physician’s Assistant

Position Summary:

The Nurse Practitioner will provide safe, effective, and quality primary, preventive, and evidence-based health care to patients in a culturally competent manner, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention while upholding the ASQ (Access, Stewardship, and Quality) pillars.

The Nurse Practitioner must demonstrate regard for the rights of all patients and provide respectful and considerate care focused on the patient’s needs. The Nurse Practitioner will provide patients, families, and personnel with a safe and confidential environment.

Why Join Us?

• Live, work, and play in ‘Colorado’s Playground’! Summit County offers four world-class ski resorts, with Vail Resort just 45 minutes away. With rivers, lakes, hiking, and mountain biking trails, it’s a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts. Year-round activities include skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, hiking, mountain biking, rafting, fishing, and boating. Music, art, cultural, and social events are plentiful. The communities include Frisco, Breckenridge, Dillon, and Silverthorne, with ski resorts like Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Keystone, and Arapahoe Basin. This is your dream job location!
• Mission-Driven Work: Be part of a nationally recognized Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health services in a collaborative team-based model of care.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a flexible schedule supporting professional growth and outdoor adventure.
• Competitive compensation: Attractive salary, benefits, and bonus potential.
• Sign-on Bonus: This bonus is available for all entry-level positions and select professional roles based on eligibility.
• Loan Repayment Opportunities: We offer loan repayment assistance for qualifying candidates.
• Growth Opportunities: We’re committed to helping you grow professionally through continued education and development.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  • Insured group health, dental, and vision plans.
  • 401k retirement plan with employer match.
  • Employer-paid life, AD&D, and long-term disability plans.
  • Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, one floating holiday, and sick pay.
  • Free access to confidential resources through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Additional voluntary benefits include accident insurance, critical illness, short-term disability, and group pet insurance.
  • Lifestyle Spending Account for full-time employees.
  • Fringe benefits like a shared ski medallion discounted Rec Center membership, and more.

Essential Functions:

• Interview patients to obtain accurate, thorough health histories.
• Performs physical examinations and provides preventive health services.
• Orders, interprets and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients’ clinical problems and health care needs.
• Establishes diagnostic impression.
• Formulates comprehensive health care plan based on findings.
• Prescribes or recommends medications or other forms of treatment.
• Refers and consults with other professionals as needed.
• Educates patients and family members about health care issues.
• Ensures appropriate patient follow-up and reevaluation occur.
• Actively participates in the integrated health care team, working conjunctively with the School Based Health Clinic, Care Team, and dental and behavioral health departments to ensure seamless, multidisciplinary patient care.

Additional Requirements:

• Grants are vital to Care Clinic revenues and directly or indirectly support all positions. This role may have responsibilities that are closely associated with grant deliverables. Grants and grant responsibilities may change over Time.
• Complete all required training as designated by HR and the position supervisor.
• Adhere to all policies within the organization and those outlined within the ECH Employee Handbook.
• Comply with all ECH Vaccine Mandates.
• Willingness to travel and work at other ECH locations as determined by the supervisor.
• Comply with all applicable Credentialing and Privileging requirements in a timely manner.
• Embrace the ECH Mission and Vision and agree to work within the ECH Guiding Principles and the principles set by the position supervisor.
• Complete additional duties as assigned by your supervisor.
• Must participate in quality assurance/ improvement activities when applicable.
• It may be scheduled for Saturday clinics and telehealth hours.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to engage in each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Must Haves to be Successful:

• Master’s Degree or Doctorate in Nursing.
• At least two years experience in a family medicine or community health center setting and DEA preferred,
• Interpersonal skills and sound judgment are necessary to communicate with a wide variety of persons, including the indigent, and to work with the Clinic staff in providing the clinic’s medical services.
• Exhibit cultural competence and exceptional teamwork skills.
• Ability to read, write, and speak the English language.
• Ability to interpret various instructions and deal with multiple linguistic and cultural variables.
• Ability to relate cooperatively and constructively with patients, co-workers, administration, physicians and providers, community agencies, referral sources, regulators, and other health team members.
• Ability to enlist the cooperation of others.
• High tolerance for stress.
• Excellent organizational and leadership abilities.
• Outstanding communication and people skills.
• Knowledge of the industry’s legal rules and guidelines.

Nice to Haves:

• Previous non-profit and/or volunteer experience preferred.
• Bilingual speakers are highly preferred.

Work Environment:

The work environment in a healthcare setting can be fast-paced and involves communication with patients and medical personnel. This role is highly clerical. Requires Ability to work autonomously and stay on task. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Below are the minimal knowledge/physical requirements of this position.