SBHC Nurse Practitioner presso Lynn Community Health Center

School Based Health Center- Nurse Practitioner

Would you love to be a part of a responsible for the health care, treatment, and education for children & adolescents in a school setting?

• Are you interested in Responding to frequently encountered health issues, provide counseling and crisis intervention when required?
• Do you want to participate in outreach efforts as a health consultant for the Lynn Public Schools?
• Are you willing to collaborate with other SBHC staff as well as school staff?
• Can you consult with teachers on health issues and provisions of clinical in-service education as needed?

Yes? Please click here to apply for the position of SBHC – Nurse Practitioner at the Lynn Community Health Center.

In this role you will: 

• Conduct history and physical exams and renders well care. 
• Conduct appropriate sick care and renders diagnosis and treatment as indicated.
• Refers seriously ill patients to the physician or hospital as deemed necessary.
• Perform emergency treatment in case of serious illness or injury.
• Provide appropriate health teaching to patients and their families 
• Participate with other members of the community to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate school services and community services which include the broad continuum of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Our robust Benefit package includes:

• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage effective on the first day of employment.
• Ability to enroll in retirement plan, also with employer match options.
• Day one of employment, you will automatically accrue (41) days of earned time.
• Qualify for the National Health Loan Forgiveness Repayment program.
• Flexible shifts available.

The successful applicant will offer:

• Must have a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the expanded role in Massachusetts.
• Possess a minimum of a bachelor’s in nursing from an accredited program; (A master’s degree in nursing is preferred); possess and maintain certification.
• Have a minimum of three years’ experience in school nursing or a related field.
• Maintain certification in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and first aid from a recognized provider, i.e., American Heart Association.
• Have an identified physician who provides consultation.
• Complete ongoing continuing education programs pertinent to the evolving specialty area of school health and school nursing practice, as well as meet continuing education requirements for licensure in the expanded role in Massachusetts.

Starting salary commensurate with experience.

Please apply now and grow with LCHC!

Thank you!