Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner
4 days ago
Pittsburgh
Job Description DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES- • Provides primary medical care with physician supervision for pediatric and adult patients, • Performs physical exams, diagnosis, including ordering and interpretation of diagnostic tests, and treatment consistent with licensed scope of practice and granted privileges, • Consults with supervising physician when necessary to prepare comprehensive patient care plan, • Appropriately refers patients to physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for diagnosis and treatment as needed, • Ensures the delivery of all medical care is consistent with regulatory, accreditation, and professional standards, including clinical policies and quality initiatives, • Actively engages in compliance and quality improvement activities, including but not limited to, peer review, patient-centered medical home, UDS reporting, PDSA cycles, SOAP notes, other value-based care projects, • Attends all scheduled provider and all-staff meetings and trainings, unless excused by CMO, • Ensures accuracy, timeliness, and appropriate confidentiality with patient electronic documentation per contract, • Conducts all scheduled clinic shifts in person at assigned clinic location (Northview Heights and/or Middle Street offices) and conducts virtual visits as needed., • Develops and ensure ongoing, positive relationships and collaboration with all health center staff, • Meets professional behavioral expectations for attendance, appearance, professionalism, communication, • Works within a multidisciplinary team, • Identifies barriers to self-management plan and meeting goals, • Trains, mentors and supervises students as assigned, • Consistently practices universal precautions, • Potential exposure to biohazardous materials, • Prolonged sitting and/or standing and moving about throughout the workday, • Willingness to participate in a minimum of 2 hours of community outreach per year, • Is punctual and ready to participate in clinic care at start of each clinic session, • Participates in morning patient care huddles, up to 10 minutes outside of patient care hours, • Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with managers, physicians, advanced practice providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families, • Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment and with a multidisciplinary team, • Maintains requisite CME credits for area of specialty, • Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, • Requisite skills and ability to perform certain medical tasks as assigned, • Demonstrate a high level of problem solving skill to better serve patients and staff, • MSN or DNP from an accredited educational institution, • Licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, • Current Nurse Practitioner certification, • Able to care for pediatric and adult patients, including newborn and geriatric patients., • Active DEA license required, • Minimum 5 years of experience working as Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner with Board Certified Physician supervision, • Current provider card in Basic Life Support (BLS), • Clearances: Act 33, 34, 73, • Annual COVID vaccination encouraged, • Annual influenza vaccine required, • Must obtain or provide proof of (within 14 days of hire): PPD, Tdap, Hepatitis B immunity, MMR immunity, varicella immunity, • Complete self-attestation of fitness for duty