Nurse Practitioner X Clinic at CODMAN SQUARE HEALTH CENTER INC

Description

Position Summary:

The Nurse Practitioner functions under the direction of the Medical Director or his/her designee in the Family Practice and Women’s Health departments.  The Advance Practice Nurse is a self directed nurse practitioner with advanced knowledge, skill and competence in a defined area of nursing practice.  The individual functions as an educator, consultant, and coordinator of care and is a primary provider of care for a select group of patients.  Covers STD Clinic.   

The ANP is responsible to a designated physician for supervision of patient case management/prescription writing.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice
   • Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skill necessary to independently provide care to clients within specialty area and across the health care continuum.
   • Complete detailed medical history, record current illness or injury, conduct a physical examination, order and perform appropriate laboratory and other diagnostic tests.
   • Makes appropriate internal/external referrals, and effectively utilizes available community resources.
   • Assist clients and their families.
   • Assess results of tests and make appropriate clinical judgments.
   • Assess physical and psychosocial health and illness status of patient.
   • Serve as a clinical resource to staff across the health care continuum for a given specialty area.
   • Deliver care in a manner that preserves and protects client autonomy, dignity, confidentiality, and rights.
   • Document pertinent client and family data in the medical record per department standards.
   • Communicate and collaborate effectively within and across disciplines.
2. Quality Improvement and Research
   • Validate that clinical practice meets established standards through participation in department and unit based quality improvement projects
   •  Utilize quality improvement data and research findings to enhance client care.     
3. Educator
   •       Provide client and family teaching focused on current treatment and procedures as well as health promotion and illness/injury prevention.
4. •       Educate nursing staff, other disciplines, and/or community agencies when necessary to effect optimal client care.
5. •       Contribute to the education of nursing students with primary focus on role and/or area of specialization.
   •  In collaboration with nursing leadership, participate in the development of clinical competencies and practice standards related to the care of specialty client population.

• 4. Professional Development
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• Identify own learning needs and assume responsibility for maintaining current knowledge and competency in clinical practice specialty.
• Participate in professional, community, or governmental organizations that function to advance the nursing profession and/or improve health care delivery to consumers
• Complete the annual mandatory trainings, eg. Safety review, Infection Control standards.
•  Participate as a committee member/chairperson when requested.
•   Maintains and provides upon request required records for the purposes of credentialing and privileging with hospitals and/or insurances.
•    Attends required meetings.

5. Other Duties
   •       Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Nurse Practitioner: Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN). Must be a currently licensed registered nurse in the state of Massachusetts, have Nurse Practitioner authorization for prescriptive authority, and have successfully completed boards. Previous NP experience required.  Spanish & Haitian Creole preferred.