Nurse Practitioner OR Physician Assistant - Adolescent Medicine​/School based health center, Ful

Job Description

Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation. Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
• Performs daily patient rounds.
• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
• Interprets laboratory and test results.
• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
• Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

• Includes primary and preventive health care, diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions and management of chronic conditions;
• Age appropriate reproductive health care;
• A HEADDSSS and an assessment of risk behaviors;
• Immunizations consent, provision and documentation;
• Population and individual-based assessment of needs;
• On-site routine management of chronic conditions (asthma, diabetes, etc.), provided in consultation with the child's outside primary care provider or specialist as appropriate.
• Medications are dispensed for most medical needs but prescriptions may also be provided for acute or chronic conditions.
• Laboratory evaluations are available as needed for both reproductive and general medical health needs, including point of care testing.

• ACPs ensure that regulatory and quality assurance protocols are operational for their SBHC and that day-to-day operations are as designated in the Principals and Guidelines for the NYSDOH;
• Regulatory review of charts, maintenance of communication logs with community physicians and referrals, maintenance of logs for laboratory and pharmacy, maintenance of regulatory documentation for equipment including refrigerators and on-site laboratory equipment (urinalysis, glucometer, pregnancy testing and hemoglobin testing) as well as other nursing managed regulatory documentation.
• Oversight of quality improvement (CQI) annual assessments in coordination with Medical Director and staff;
• ACP will work with the Operations Manager and LPN/MA to assist with ordering of medical, laboratory and pharmaceutical supplies
• Collaboration and communications with school (Safety/BRT meetings, emergencies, school functions, custodians etc.)
• Oversight of staff orientations, staff meetings and annual competencies

• Master’s Degree in a Nurse…