Nurse Practitioner Salary $84,344.00 - $108,451.20 Annually Location: Racine, WI Job Type: Part-Time Job Number: 202500117 Department: Health Department Opening Date: 12/17/2025 Closing Date: Continuous
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Job Description
POSITION The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing patient care, including diagnosis, treatment, and consultations while maintaining compliance with all policies and procedures. Works independently and under the supervision of the Public Health Administrator and/or their designee.
Essential Duties
Provide direct patient care. Assess individual holistic needs, including psychological, social, environmental, nutritional, family, and personal. Assist individuals in maintaining / improving their health through health promotion and disease prevention services. Perform skilled medical interventions including surveillance, investigation, case finding, creating / maintaining community partnerships, developing policies, procedures, and plans, outreach, referral, and follow-up, case management, health education, counseling, consultation, screening, and advocacy. Provide reproductive and family planning healthcare services in accordance with Woman's Block Grant and Title X program regulations, including: Perform history and physical exams for clients seeking reproductive health care services. Order, perform, and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests for evaluation of sexually transmitted infections. Perform cervical cancer screenings and initiate appropriate follow-up care. Prescribe and provide all contraceptive methods, including performing long-acting reversible contraception procedures. Prescribe and provide appropriate antibiotic and/or antiviral medications. Perform pregnancy testing and counseling. Provide preconception counseling and basic infertility services. Perform Wellness Exams. Maintain proficiency in Provider Performed Microscopy Procedures. Maintain patient records utilizing software applications, computer systems, and/or written notes according to program and best practice standards. Plan and oversee the implementation of chart audits. Use critical thinking skills to coordinate appropriate care plans and to direct critical interventions and/or referrals. Maintain a thorough and current knowledge of the principles and practices of medical/mental health applicable to the areas of assessment, promotion, and maintenance of the health of at-risk individuals, families, and the community. Maintain a thorough and current knowledge of standard of care, assessment practices, protocols, and equipment. Provide input at case conferences, evaluations, planning committees, and outreach activities. Participate in peer review activities and evaluation of program effectiveness. Manage assigned grants and/or contracts, ensure that objectives and deliverables are met, reports are completed on time, and resubmit grant applications as applicable. Have working knowledge of the organizational budget. Prepare, recommend, or designate personnel to engage in qualification statements for credentialing, job descriptions, and evaluation standards. Aid in the recruitment, screening, and interviewing of personnel. Create and approve clinical standard operational procedures. Oversee planning, reporting, and initiatives. Ensure availability of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. Provide medical/mental health consultations. Maintain a leadership role in the annual review of clinical policies and procedures. Collaborate effectively with agency administration to provide services for community intervention.
Associated Duties Perform other duties as assigned or required. Participate in team and general staff meetings. Acts as a first responder in a natural disaster or any public health, chemical, biological, nuclear, or radiological event.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Qualified applicants must possess:
Preference Preference will be shown to candidates who demonstrate the following:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Working knowledge of/initialize referrals to community health care providers, social service, and advocacy agencies, and the ability to effectively refer clients as needed. Knowledge of HIPAA compliance standards and all aspects of client privacy practices. Knowledge/experience evaluating health trends and risk factors of target populations. Ability to establish professional relationships with clients, peers, supervisors, and community organization members. Personal initiative combined with the ability to work independently and interdependently. Substantial knowledge of, and experience with, Microsoft Office 2007 or newer (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and Publisher), desktop publishing, and the Internet. Ability to analyze data in Microsoft Excel and/or other applicable databases using established criteria to determine significance and assess outcomes. Ability to effectively acquire and utilize scientific/client data obtained from a variety of sources including patient records, lab reports, physician orders, maps, flow charts, and statistical reports. Ability to comprehend, utilize, and implement information from a variety of sources including personnel policies, employee performance evaluations, time study sheets, policy documents, procedure manuals, medical textbooks, and computer software operating manuals. Proficient English language skills including proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar with the ability to pass all required skill tests. Effective oral and written communication skills at all levels of responsibility including clients and their families, physicians, local/state/federal personnel, pharmacists, hospital, and jail personnel. Ability to assist in the development, submission, and implementation of successful grant proposals. Ability to interpret, regulate, and enforce state, local, and federal laws, regulations, and rules. Ability to effectively train and coordinate activities of interns and visiting students. Ability to adapt to a wide variety of work situations.
Physical & Environmental Conditions
Standing, walking, sitting, and stooping. Kneeling, crouching, climbing, balancing, and bending/twisting. Reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing/pulling (up to 35 lbs.). Handling, grasping, fingering, filing, typing, and writing.
Environmental/Working Conditions
Office and a wide variety of indoor environments. Day, evening, and weekend hours.
Equipment
Effective utilization of computer workstations and associated equipment, copy center, fax machine, multi-line telephone system, cellular telephone, typewriter, flashlight, digital/video camera, audio/visual and miscellaneous office/medical/inspection/laboratory equipment.
Job Description is intended to identify essential duties and also illustrates other types of duties that may be assigned. It should not be interpreted as describing all of the duties that will be required of an employee or be used to limit the nature and extent of assignments that an individual is required to perform. In addition to the responsibilities and duties listed, it is expected that employees maintain a consistent and reliable attendance record.
Job descriptions are subject to revision at any time at the discretion of the City of Racine.
The City of Racine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
All full-time, non-union employees are offered a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision benefits, participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System, life insurance, a student loan repayment program, short-term disability insurance, and paid leave benefits. Employees of the City of Racine may also qualify for Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) through the Federal Government.
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