Nurse Practitioner

As a Nurse Practitioner, you will provide primary health care to individuals and families, emphasize health promotion and disease prevention, and make referrals to physicians and other health care members of the health care team as appropriate. This position will work closely with the clinical staff and will report to the Site Medical Director and Site Operations Director.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Utilizes appropriate and effective patient care plans

Manages patients to assure continuity of care Provides whole person care, which includes referrals to other health care providers.

Maintains adequate, concise and legible documentation of patient care.

Provides and documents appropriate periodic health assessments.

Provides appropriate patient education.

Demonstrates appropriate work habits which include: arriving on time, promptly returning phone calls, utilizing appropriate universal precaution measures, documentation in a timely and accurate manner, maintaining appropriate patient confidentiality, and making scheduling changes only through appropriate channels.

Performs a minimum of 2946 outpatient visits with Corporation patients each year.

Participate in assigned Quality Assurance committee.

Regularly attends Team/Clinical meetings.

Participates in nurse practitioner performance audits as assigned.

Assists in the development and maintenance of HCHC practice guidelines (protocols) as assigned.

Participates in the QA Committee as assigned.

Attends required in-service meetings.

Makes presentations in the community when requested.

Represents the provider staff at the HCHC Board or other local organizations if requested.

Teaches students as assigned.

Attends yearly continuing education meeting as required for mandatory certification.

Attends regional or national Community Health Center meetings as requested.

All Health Linc staff is committed to engage in quality improvement initiatives that align with and support Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH).Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Training Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and nurse practitioner program

Masters degree in Nursing Current Indiana registered nurse license

Certified as a nurse practitioner by an approved certifying organization.

Prescriptive authority, DEA certification

Current CPR certification

Experience

At least 1-3 years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner or extensive experience as an RN in ER or ICUSkills/Job Requirement Strong customer service skills

Strong organizational and time management skills

Proven ability to work well in a team environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to remain flexible and adaptable

Bilingual in Spanish preferred

Transportation and valid drivers license

Ability to follow Health Linc policies and procedures

Technology Skills Operate a multi-line phone system and other office equipment including printers, fax machines, etc.

Basic software skills (Microsoft Office, EHR, online sources, etc.)DIRECT SUPERVISION:

N/AREQUIRED TRAINING:

All assigning Relias training
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