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Family Nurse Practitioner - Outpatient & Urgent Care
Four sacred mountains and mighty warriors
The Community - Mescalero Apache Tribe
The Mescalero people were nomadic hunters and gathers and roamed the Southwest. They were experts in guerrilla warfare and highly skilled horsemen. The women were known for their ability to find and prepare food from many different plant sources. The people were given the name "Mescalero " because they gathered and ate the mescal plant. It was the staple of their diets and could sustain them in good times and bad.
Today, three sub-tribes, Mescalero, Lipan and Chiricahua, make up the Mescalero Apache Tribe. We live on this reservation of 463,000 acres of what once was the heartland of our people's aboriginal homelands.
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The Facility -Mescalero Service Unit
Indian Health Service - Mescalero Service Unit. The 13-bed Mescalero Indian Hospital provides both inpatient and outpatient services, supplemented by a number of field health programs, some of which are conducted by the Mescalero Tribe itself. Inpatient care generally consists of pediatric and medical care. Patients requiring surgical, orthopedic and other specialized services are referred to contract hospitals in the area, with follow-up care provided at the Mescalero Hospital where needed. The hospital has a very active outpatient department with several specialty clinics i.e., diabetic, well baby, and prenatal. Support services are provided by on-site laboratory and radiology departments. The Field Health Program supports health and safety standards within the community through field visits, surveys, clinics, environmental health services and sanitary facilities construction projects.
RESPONSIBILITIES
P ro vide diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic health services to eligible patients and family members. The following list is not comprehensive:- secure a health and development history from the patient or parent;
- record findings; make critical evaluations;
- person or request special screening and developmental tests;
- order laboratory tests and interpret the results;
- discriminate between normal and anconal findings;
- make decisions with physicians concerning the medical care needs of patients;
- provide direct medical care in the presence of illness or disability in order to maintain life, provide comfort, reduce distress and enhance coping ability;
- provide surveillance over medical practices applied to stabilize chronically ill persons;
- adjust treatment within established standing orders recognizing when to refer the patient to a physician or other health team members;
- work collaboratively with physicians in the management of selected complex medical problems;
- when clinically engaged with a medically complex patient present the case to the physician clinic consultant for the day for proper treatment and disposition;
- consult the clinic physician consultant or on-call hospitalist for patients assessed and deemed to require admission to the hospital;
- participate with other health professionals and agencies involved in providing health care and services required to include immunization and disease control, environmental health and health education;
- provide emergency or crisis intervention in order to stabilize a patient for transport to a higher-level facility;
- provide medical care and preventive services to healthy individuals,
- evaluate total health care needs of patients and develops plans to meet these needs;
- required information for use in program operation, quality control and other purposes (all medical record information-generated in the performance of this contract will remain the property and subject to the exclusive control of the Indian Health Service);
- participate in certain medical staff committee meetings as required;
- comply with all Client facility infection control and safety procedures, practices and standards;
- meet all applicable Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) and Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) standards during the performance of this contract, and must be in compliance with the Service Unit's Medical Staff Bylaws;
- and respect the basic rights of patients, to include but not be limited to personal dignity.
REQUIREMENTS- Must hold an active, current, and unrestricted (unflagged) state nurse practitioner (NP) license from any of the Fifty-(50) United States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- Degree or diploma from a professional Nurse Practitioner program approved by the Commission on the Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
- Must have a certification from either the American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) or the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) and be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a master or doctorate degree.
- Must possess a current, valid, unrestricted nursing or medical license in a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a Territory of the United States, throughout the term of this contract.
- Must have thirty-six (36) months of nurse practitioner experience, with a minimum of twelve months (12) in the specialty required by the contract, unless otherwise approved. Must have a resume that provides experience that equips the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or rel
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| Employer: |
Kurz Solutions
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| Post Date: |
May 13, 2026 |
| Profession: |
Advanced Practitioner |
| Job Type: |
NP |
| Specialty: |
Family Practice |
| Location: |
New Mexico - Mescalero |
| Job Reference: |
21-00244 |
| Contact Details: |
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