Nurse Practitioner- Obstetrics and Women's Health

FAMILY CARE HEALTH CENTERS•St. Louis, MO

About The Position

I. BASIC FUNCTION: Responsible for providing comprehensive health care to individuals and their families in collaboration with a physician and the health care team. All employees of FCHC must ensure service standards are delivered, including: FCHC Core • Demonstrates a commitment to FCHC mission and vision. • Demonstrates a positive attitude towards patients, employees, role, and the health center. • Demonstrates FCHC core values (accountability, courtesy, excellence, flexibility, integrity, respect). Customer Service and Professionalism • Smiles and makes appropriate contact, greets individuals upon entry into building and space. • Is customer service oriented to both internal (colleagues) and external (patients, clients, vendors, etc.) customers. Treats patients, customers and colleagues with dignity and respect. • Provides timely response to requests, tasks, and inquiries. Demonstrates good service turnaround. • Demonstrates good communication skills and communicates in a tactful manner. • Exhibits conflict resolution skills in order to foster effective working relationships and embraces a team approach. • Adheres to FCHC’s dress code policies. Employee appearance and grooming appropriate. Show(s) • Consistently shows commitment to position and team performance (i.e., attendance and punctuality). • Consideration and acceptance of cultural differences of others; works well with individuals of diverse backgrounds, supporting a culture of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. • Participates in training and professional development and completes required trainings in a timely manner. Safety • Adheres to and promotes a culture of safety and cleanliness. • Adheres to HIPPA/Confidentiality standards. • Respectful of FCHC property, properly and safely uses Health Center Equipment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school of nursing required.
Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Missouri and in good standing.
Certified or eligible for certification as a Family and/or Adult and/or Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Family and/or Adult Nursing and/or Women’s Health preferred.
One plus (1+) years of practice as a Family and/or Adult and/or Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner preferred.
One plus (1+) years supervisory or management skills preferred.
Active professional development as demonstrated through attendance of seminars, continued education programs, etc. is strongly encouraged.
Current membership and active participation in American Nurses. Association is encouraged.

Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive, individual health care including client counseling and 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 the oversight of medical assistant and nurse training and quality assurance for teamwork of medical assistants and nurses with women’s health providers.
Responsible for the oversight on handling of and training for all women’s health medical procedural equipment.
Responsible for supervisory counseling and problem-solving of the working relationship between women’s health medical assistants and their providers and women’s health nurses and their providers.
Acts as a resource to the OB/Women’s Health Team to support the coordination of Centering Pregnancy activities at all FCHC sites.
Provides direction of the programs related to contraception counseling and methods provided.
Maintains the awareness of women’s health patient care needs to all providers at FCCC & FPSE ensuring quality indicators are being measured and goals achieved in women’s health (example CVRs).
Attends Team Leader Meetings, when necessary and by invitation.
Performs and interprets diagnostic and screening tests as appropriate.
Consults with staff members regarding the comprehensive health care of clients and their 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 that protocols developed with Center physicians are current and adequate for nurse practitioner practices by invitation.
Participates in staff inservice 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 the orientation and evaluation/review process for these students.
Participates in Health Center staff problem solving groups.
Attends and participates in department meetings, etc. as assigned.
Performs other duties as assigned.