Why I Believe in the Mission of CCHCI
This organization was founded on the principle of bringing quality healthcare to even the most needy and vulnerable. While anyone can experience behavioral health difficulties, it is especially prevalent among those with the least access to essential resources. I value that Chiricahua is able to bring these essential services to those who need them most.
Jonathan Rutherford’s Background as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
In 2015, I joined the Behavioral Health Unit at Canyon Vista Medical Center, bringing together my interests in psychology and nursing. In 2016, I began pursuing advanced nursing education to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. I became director of the Behavioral Health Unit in 2017 and completed my graduate education in 2020. I obtained my nurse practitioner license in 2021 and later that year joined Chiricahua Community Health Centers.
More important than my professional career is my family. I love my wife and my five children more than anything else.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan)
PRACTICE INTERESTS:
Adult and pediatric psychiatry, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy
PATIENTS SEEN (AGES):
All ages
Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. is a mission driven Federally Qualified Health Center and a tax exempt not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Founded in 1996 as a small, rural health clinic operating in a community center, Chiricahua has since grown to become the largest primary care organization in southeastern Arizona, serving more than 35,000 patients annually. Chiricahua operates fifteen fixed-site medical, dental, behavioral health and pharmacy clinics, and five mobile-medical and mobile-dental units, that serve patients throughout the more than 6200 square mile borderlands of Cochise County.
Any compliance related complaints may be
reported by calling the compliance hotline at:
520-515-8677
All other complaints can be submitted by emailing:
cchci@cchci.org
Registered Charity Number: 86-0814898 - For Tax-deductible donations in AZ, the QCO Code is 20043 This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal PHS deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.
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