Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Job Description

Location:

OKC – 123 Robert S Kerr

Salary: up to $, based on education and experience

Full Time / Part Time:
Full Time

Work Schedule:

Monday – Friday

Primary

Hours:

8-5

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse is responsible for functioning under the direct supervision of the Administrative Program Manager of the Perinatal & Reproductive Health Division. Primary responsibilities include providing technical assistance and support to advanced practice nurses and other health providers statewide who provide maternity and family planning clinical services.

• Mentoring and motivation for the development of an advanced practice nurse.
• Plan, organize, and direct health services for maternity and family planning programs.
• Monitor to ensure goals, objectives and work performed are consistent with standards and that quality care is provided to clients.
• Establishment and tracking of quality improvement indicators and other information concerning services and care to ensure that resources are available to provide quality services consistent with current evidence-based standards of care.
• Annual monitoring and evaluation of advanced practice health care providers.
• Development and presentation of health-related educational programs for professional and non-professional staff.
• Participation, consultation, and collaboration in the development of long‑range plans for health care programs.
• Interpretation and communication regarding agency and departmental policies and procedures.
• Development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective delivery of health services.
• Analysis and evaluation of reports and other information and coordination of quality improvement activities concerning the care of clients.
• Serve as a team member for site visits when indicated and contract monitoring visits.
• Subrecipient contract monitoring.
• Collect and abstract maternal mortality cases for quarterly meetings.
• Cover county health departments when local APRNs are out on leave or when there is a vacancy.
• Assist with orientation of new APRNs in the county health departments.
• Provide technical assistance regarding program implementation for internal and external partners and county health department staff.
• Performs comprehensive physical examinations and secures health histories.
• Performs or orders lab tests.
• Conducts invasive procedures including but not limited to pelvic exams; breast exams; insertion of long‑acting reproductive contraception and sub‑dermal contraceptive implants.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals.
• Counsel patients, family members and others related to health problems, prescribed treatments and use of pharmaceuticals and procedures.
• Reviews and analyzes lab tests, x‑rays, and other diagnostic data.
• Provides a higher level of expertise in diagnosis and treatment modalities.
• Consults and collaborates with physicians or other providers as needed related to patient care.
• Being present in the office is an essential function of this job.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Demonstrates knowledge of and supports mission, vision, value statements, standards, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior.
• Works effectively in team environment, participating and assisting their peers.

Possession of a valid Oklahoma license as a Registered Nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, recognition as a certified Advanced Practice Nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, and three years' experience practicing as an APRN.

Approval for prescriptive authority requires current licensure in Oklahoma as a Registered Nurse and as a Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP), Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), or Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) within 60 calendar days of the entry on duty date. The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse must hold a graduate degree at an advanced practice level or a post‑master's certificate at an advanced practice level if the master's degree is in nursing, in order to be eligible for initial application for prescriptive authority.

Previous experience supervising APRNs.