Decypher is a leading integrator of professional, technology, and management solutions and services. We provide our services globally to Federal, Commercial, Local and State clients. Our employees are our most valuable asset and play an integral role in the success of Decypher and our clients. Working at Decypher is not a job, but a career where your talent and energy is respected, and you can personally make a difference. Decypher invites you to join our professional team. Decypher is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/D/V).

DESCRIPTION

Decypher is seeking a Nurse Practitioner at Nellis AFB, NV.

• Technically direct and teach other staff, provide evidenced-based educational lectures and participate in in-service training to staff members
• Diagnose and treat patients with common acute conditions, chronic illnesses, or minor trauma within accepted protocols, clinical practice guidelines, Nurse Practice Acts, and/or in consultation with a physician
• Promote preventive care and health maintenance including annual physicals, positive health behaviors and self-care through both formal and individual education and counseling
• Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of
  informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization
• Recognize conditions that require isolation and ensure universal precautions are used in all patient encounters
• Attend staff meetings to provide case discussion, continuing education, and continuous quality improvement and safety
• Will have sufficient experience to be able to adequately evaluate, diagnose and treat diseases/injuries to include but not limited to; Cardiovascular diseases (congestive heart failure, hypertension, arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction), respiratory diseases (asthma, bronchitis, pulmonary thromboembolism, pulmonary insufficiency & adult respiratory distress syndrome), gastrointestinal diseases (peptic ulcer, gastritis, pancreatitis, cirrhosis & alcoholic liver), endocrinology (disease of the thyroid & diabetes mellitus), rheumatology (sarcoidosis, degenerative joint disease), renal disease (acute renal failure, urinary tract infection), neurology (epilepsy & cerebrovascular disease) and
  infectious diseases (infectious diarrheas, bacterial infections, hospital-acquired infections, tuberculosis, infections of the compromised host & other microbacterial infections)

Required Skills

• Master’s Degree - Accredited by ACEN or CCNE
• 2 years’ Nurse Practitioner experience in Internal Medicine
• Certified Nurse Practitioner by ANCC or AANP
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• NACI background check
• US Citizen