Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant SBHC Port Chester MS

Open Door Family Medical Center•Village of Port Chester, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Open Door Family Medical Centers is seeking a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to join a busy and dedicated School Health Based Center program in providing quality care to students in the Port Chester School District. The dynamic, exciting and challenging School Based Health Centers seek a motivated team player to provide primary health care, with a health-oriented, family-centered approach. Establish a therapeutic relationship with patients and their families, and encourage patients to become active participants in their health care.

Requirements

Family Nurse Practitioner or PA licensed in NYS prior to start date.
Spanish proficiency a plus.
Patient-centric, empathetic, engaging and efficient, with excellent active listening and communication skills.
Outstanding clinical capabilities and judgment.
Focused on collaborative team-based care.
Primary care experience caring for children in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 is preferred.
Independent thinker, able to manage SBHC administrative tasks and site.
Responsive and comfortable working in a fast-paced, high accountability environment.
Proficient in EMR systems.
Flexible.
Excellent judgment and ability to prioritize resources where they will be most useful.
Comfortable receiving and providing constructive feedback.
Engaged in learning and continuous quality improvement.
Outstanding written and verbal communications skills with a culturally diverse patient and staff population.
Passionate about providing high quality primary health care to low-income, under-served residents and those lacking access to health care.

Nice To Haves

Primary care experience caring for children in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide high quality primary care to middle school and elementary school age patients enrolled in Open Door’s School Based Health Centers.
When the School Based Health Centers are not open, provide care at one of the Open Door Community Health Centers.
Share in the responsibility of site administration with other members of the health care team.
Provide comprehensive patient care and establish a family/school partnership to meet the needs of the patients on an ongoing basis
Identify, diagnose and treat actual or potential health problems through case finding, health teaching, and health counseling.
If Designated as responsible for Bio Hazardous Waste removal, complete online training and receive certificate prior to completing this task.