Nurse Practitioner

Description

DEPARTMENT:
Medical Services

JOB TITLE:

Nurse Practitioner

WORK LOCATION:

University City High School (School-Based Health Center)

Responsible for providing comprehensive health care to individuals and their families in collaboration with a physician and the health care team. This position is employed by Family Care Health Centers (FCHC) and is primarily assigned to the University City High School School-Based Health Center. The Nurse Practitioner will provide comprehensive obstetrics and women's health services while collaborating with Family Care Health Centers providers, clinical staff, and school personnel to ensure coordinated, high-quality patient care.

Participation in meetings, trainings, and organizational activities at other Family Care Health Centers locations may be required as needed.

• Demonstrates commitment to FCHC mission and vision.
• Positive attitude toward patients, employees, role, and health center.
• Shows FCHC core values: accountability, courtesy, excellence, flexibility, integrity, respect.
• Smiles and greets individuals upon entry.
• Customer service oriented to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Provides timely response, demonstrates good communication, and conflict resolution skills.
• Adheres to dress code policies.
• Shows commitment to position and team performance (attendance, punctuality).
• Considers and accepts cultural differences, supporting a culture of justice, equity, diversity, inclusion.
• Participates in training and professional development timely.
• Promotes culture of safety and cleanliness, adheres to HIPAA/confidentiality standards.
• Respectful of FCHC property and uses equipment safely.

Provides Direction:
Chief Medical Officer

• Provides comprehensive individual health care including client counseling, teaching, referral, and follow-up in accordance with center protocols.
• Consults with the physician for specified treatments and medications not described in center protocols.
• Provides direction for oversight of medical assistant and nurse training and quality assurance for teamwork of medical assistants and nurses with women’s health providers.
• Oversees handling and training for all women’s health medical procedural equipment.
• Provides supervisory counseling and problem‑solving between women’s health medical assistants and providers and women’s health nurses and providers.
• Acts as a resource to the OB/Women’s Health Team to support coordination of Centering Pregnancy activities at all FCHC sites.
• Provides direction of programs related to contraception counseling and methods.
• Maintains awareness of women’s health patient‑care needs to all providers at FCCC & FPSE ensuring quality indicators are measured and goals achieved.
• Attends Team Leader Meetings when necessary and by invitation.
• Performs and interprets diagnostic and screening tests as appropriate.
• Consults with staff members regarding comprehensive health care of clients and families.
• Refers clients to other center staff members and/or community resources as necessary.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates educational programs concerning prevention and family health promotion for clients and community by invitation.
• Develops and maintains appropriate policies, protocols, records, reports and statistical data relevant to services provided by invitation.
• Ensures protocols developed with center physicians are current and adequate for nurse practitioner practices by invitation.
• Participates in staff in service programs related to comprehensive health care by invitation.
• Precepts nurse practitioner students from Nurse Practitioner Programs with which the Center has an affiliation agreement; responsible for orientation and evaluation/review process for these students.

Inside High School:
All inclusive. Outside Health Center:
Patients/Clients, students, vendors, community health agencies, hospitals, insurance companies, Medicare,…