Vacancy Posting 

PureView Health Center has a career opportunity for a ​Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant​. This opportunity, located in ​Helena, Montana,​ is within the ​medical​ department and reports to the ​Medical Director​.

Make an Impact on Our Community

PureView is dedicated to providing the communities we serve with quality, patient-centered, accessible healthcare with comfort.  We strive in each encounter to be the leading provider of the highest quality healthcare for our community regardless of a person’s circumstance.

At PureView, we value treating our patients, their families and our colleagues with compassion, kindness, and respect.  We customize our care according to the patient needs and values.  And we believe in employing talented, skilled, caring, and responsible people.  To us, treating each patient with dignity and as an individual is essential.

The Opportunity

Responsibilities of this career opportunity include ​counseling and educating patients about health issues such as diet, nutrition, emotional and mental health, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, and contraceptives.  Assessing patient’s health lifestyle, including taking a complete medical history of the patient.  Reviewing medications patients are taking.  Performing physical examinations of patients.  Collecting medical specimens and performing several basic medical tests.  Ordering medical laboratory tests and/or X-rays, evaluating medical test results, and interpreting them to patients.  Treating patient’s diagnosed conditions.  Providing surgical and/or other medical referrals as necessary.  Keeping immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems.  Attending meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviewing publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas.  Responding to patients and citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner.  Communicating and coordinating regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities.  Providing needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions.  Submitting health care plan and goals of individual patients for periodic review and evaluation by medical director or for peer review as requested.  Coordinating care with other providers and staff.  Performs other duties as assigned​.

The Right Person in the Right Position 

The right person for this career opportunity has the following required knowledge, skills, and experience typically required of this opportunity which are acquired through a combination of education and experience.

This career opportunity requires: 

​​Bachelor’s degree in the medical or nursing field
​Graduate degree in nursing, certification as family nurse practitioner
​Any combination of experience and training which provide the equivalent scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work.
​OR
​Master’s Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant Program
​Must be a National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants certified and have a current Physician Assistant license eligible to practice in the State of Montana
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​Preferred Qualifications: 

​One year of clinical practice, primary care and/or pediatric experience
​Experience working with underserved population.
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Alternative qualifications may be considered on a case-by-case basis.