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About The Position

Requirements

• Valid Kansas Nurse Practitioner license.
• If floating in Oklahoma facilities, dependent on assigned region, valid Oklahoma Nurse Practitioner license with prescriptive authority required.
• Valid Kansas Registered Nurse license or multistate license in nurse’s resident state. An Oklahoma Registered Nurse license may be required, if no multistate license.
• Graduate of an accredited Advanced Nurse Practitioner program.
• Current board certification through ANCC or AANP.
• If position/practice requires, must obtain DOT Certification within 30 days of hire and recertify every 10 years.
• ACLS required for Pleasanton providers and WIC providers in Fort Scott and Pittsburg.
• Social and cultural sensitivity appropriate to ethnically and economically diverse patient-and employee-base
• Demonstrate knowledge of the rationale of appropriate patient care.
• Communicates through appropriate channels. Use proper chain of command for patient complaints.
• Ability to handle emergency situations calmly and effectively.
• Must be computer literate and able to navigate the Electronic Health Record.
• Must be able to maintain good inter-personal relationship with co-workers and other members of the health care team and the organization.
• Provide customer service in accordance to the organization’s mission.
• Be courteous and respectful when interacting with patients and family members.
• Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance to organization’s policy and procedure and HIPAA requirements.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Commitment to serving the underserved.

Nice To Haves

• Completion of one-year experience in clinic setting, preferred.
• A strong community/public health orientation, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages the medical plan of care for patients based upon an agreement developed jointly and signed by the mid-level and supervising physicians.
• Provides complete, comprehensive outpatient care for patients including health examinations and treatment of medical conditions, to include follow-up of problems detected.
• Responsible to manage acute and chronic illness, routine care through care plans that are coordinated, when appropriate, with the patient's behavioral health provider
• Responsible to make appropriate referrals to internal disciplines of CHC/SEK and/or external resources/agencies for additional services required.
• Prescribes medications for patients for treatment of conditions, as indicated.
• Provides clinical consultation to other providers within CHC/SEK as needed.
• Responsible for accurate, timely, and clear medical record documentation as defined by the Electronic Health Record Completion Policy.
• Observes clinic protocols and guidelines and scope of practice as determined by professional regulatory agencies.
• Provide appropriate follow-up with clinical support staff to include telephone/written correspondence (e.g. inform patients of test results).
• Provides clear written and oral communication to patients/guardians, and employees.
• Participates in an on-call system for after-hours care for CHC/SEK inpatient population, as assigned.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
• Supervises healthcare students as assigned.
• Floats to alternate CHC/SEK facilities as needed to ensure appropriate access to care.