Locum APP (Urgent Care)

About the job

CHAS Health is hiring a Locum APP (advanced practice provider) for Spokane Urgent Care in Spokane Valley. The provider examines, diagnoses and treats a mixed patient population of all ages and backgrounds, insured and uninsured.

CHAS Health runs clinics focused on removing barriers to care and giving high-quality, evidence-based care close to where patients live.

What you'll do

• Examine patients and do physical exams, minor procedures and preventive care within set guidelines
• Order or perform tests, lab analyses and imaging, review the results and diagnose conditions
• Prescribe or recommend medications and other treatments such as physical or inhalation therapy, order vaccinations and refer patients to specialists
• Counsel patients on diet, hygiene and disease prevention
• Record findings, care plans and prognosis in the electronic chart
• Report births, deaths and contagious disease outbreaks to government authorities
• Take part in provider meetings, peer reviews and clinic quality work

What you need

• Graduation from an accredited master's-level Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner program
• A valid license in the state of practice, narcotic prescribing privileges and board certification or eligibility
• Able to get credentialed with agencies such as Medicare and Medicaid
• BLS (CPR/AED)
• Strong spoken and written communication skills
• Able to move around the facility for a third to two-thirds of the day, use your hands most of the day, lift up to 10 pounds about half the time and occasionally lift 25 pounds or more