NURSE PRACTITIONER

FAMILY CARE HEALTH CENTERS•St. Louis, MO

50d•$48 - $72•Onsite

About The Position

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. All employees of FCHC must ensure service standards are delivered, including FCHC Core values, Customer Service and Professionalism, Show(s) of commitment, and Safety adherence.

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.
Satisfactory maintenance of continuing education standards as established by the Missouri Nurses Association is required.
Respect for and maintenance of client and staff confidentiality is required.

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 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 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.