Family Nurse Practitioner

Family Nurse Practitioner

Virginia Community Healthcare Association

Location: Petersburg, VA

Site/Department: Community Health Center

Classification: Exempt

Supervised by: Clinical Director/Regional Medical Officer

Salary Range: $/yr - $/yr

• Mission Ownership Demonstrates understanding and support of the mission, vision, values, and beliefs of our Community Health Center System, offering compassionate high quality health care to the residents of our community/service area.
• Interpersonal Skills To be a leader who demonstrates the skills of active listening and openly accepts criticism. Productively engages and resolves interpersonal conflict. Holds others accountable and engages people positively. Demonstrates an ability to negotiate goals and strategies as a staff member working with other staff, vendors and the public. Maintain discretion and confidentiality, upholding public loyalty to fellow staff and the mission of the organization.
• Organizational Skills Organizes tasks in a professional, timely manner and maintains a neat and professional work area. Takes personal ownership of all site properties and endeavors to keep them neat and professional. Keeps office/practice manager and Supervisor informed of schedule issues which create workflow issues.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Licensed as an RN in the State of Virginia.
• Graduate of an approved program of instruction for Family Nurse Practitioners.
• Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner as may be required by the State of Virginia.
• Preferred two years’ experience as a Nurse Practitioner.

• Demonstrates competence in performing essential job functions.
• Certification by the American Nurses Association or another respected and appropriate authority as an Adult, Family or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
• Previous experience as an RN in public health or community health nursing or home health nursing.
• Preferred two years’ experience as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Able to function well with physicians, nurses and other health care providers.
• Pleasant, positive personality.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interest in continuing professional education and professional development.
• Respectful for patient confidentiality.
• Able to deal effectively with hostile or otherwise uncooperative patients.
• Sensitive to the administrative needs of supervising physicians and other personnel.
• Able to maintain good, professional demeanor even in very difficult circumstances.
• Ability to work some after hours or oncall coverage.
• Ability to work without onsite physician supervision.

• Provides comprehensive nursing/medical care as required; assesses the physical and emotional needs of patients (and their families when indicated); plans the delivery of specific health care services and makes certain that required care is provided.
• Provides medical treatment and advice to patients as may be indicated. Secures case history and related pertinent information. Examines patients, utilizes laboratory and xray diagnostic tests, interprets findings for differential diagnosis; diagnoses ailment(s) and performs necessary treatment, carrying out such followup treatment as may be medically indicated. Refers for consultation to medical, surgical or other health services those patients he/she is not qualified to treat or for confirmation of diagnosis and treatment procedures.
• Prescribes and/or dispenses required medications per protocol and state licensure limitations.
• Directs, organizes and participates in preventive health programs such as immunizations, disease detection and disease prevention activities as assigned by the Clinical Director.
• Adheres to the provisions in his/her contract.
• Assists all Community Health Center health professionals to function according to their professional standard of practice.
• Abides by the Bylaws and Principles of Practice.
• Maintains high standards of personal and professional behavior in connection with his/her position.
• Maintains a good program of continuing professional education to keep his/her medical knowledge and professional competence at an…