Job Title: Family Nurse Practitioner                

Site/Department: Community Health Center  

Classification: Exempt                                       

Supervised by: Clinical Director/Regional Medical Officer                                                               

Salary Range: $100k-140k  (commensurable with experience)                                         

Location: Petersburg, VA

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• 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.

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• 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.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• 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 on-call coverage.
• Ability to work without on-site physician supervision.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• 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 x-ray diagnostic tests, interprets findings for differential diagnosis; diagnoses ailment(s) and performs necessary treatment, carrying out such follow-up 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 acceptable level as determined by the Director of Medical Services.
• Works to provide thorough and good health maintenance education to patients independently and in collaboration with the Patient Educator, physicians and indicated others. This may involve instructing local community groups when requested by the Director of Medical Services.
• Participates in quality assurance programs and in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising health care programs at our Community Health Center.
• Consults promptly with the collaborating physician when confronted with problems beyond competence or established guidelines.
• Keeps complete and orderly medical records of patients in an easy-to-follow problem-oriented format.
• Performs administrative, supervisory and teaching duties within scope of competence as directed by the Director of Medical.
• Attends work as scheduled.
• Performs other reasonable duties in conjunction with their position as directed by the Director of Medical Services.
• Supports a team-based approach to patient-centered medical care

STANDARD PRECAUTIONS STATEMENT:

May come into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials. Individuals in this position are required to exercise standard precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control. Employee will be expected to participate in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis screening annually. Employee will either receive Hepatitis B vaccine, if needed, or sign a declination statement.

JOB RELATIONSHIPS:

• Administrative supervision is provided by the Director of Medical Services.
• Supervision in the care of patients is provided by the physicians. (Ordinarily an NP is assigned to a particular physician.)
• The NP may be required to supervise one or more nurses, and/or medical assistants.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS/HAZARDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Virginia Community Healthcare Association

Virginia Community Healthcare Association (VCHA) is a non-profit membership organization that serves as the primary care association for Virginia’s thirty community health centers and look-alike health centers. Membership in VCHA is open to all Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes operating delivery sites in Virginia. VCHA supports our health centers in their mission to provide access to health care regardless of geographic location or ability to pay.

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