Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

La Esperanza Clinic

Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

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Job Type: Full-Time FLSA Status: Exempt Pay Range: $110,000 - $130,000 Schedule: Monday - Friday Work Location: West Clinic

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provides clinical services.

• Maintains clinical expertise and competency (to include age specific competency) as well as demonstrates thorough knowledge of procedures to deliver quality primary health care. • Provides clinic sessions, as scheduled, in direct patient care at clinic site, including extended hours clinics. • Provides a minimum average of three thousand five hundred (3500) primary care encounters for the contract year and provides services equal to at least forty (40) hours per week in clinic. • Examines, diagnoses, treats and/or refers patients assigned to physician's panel, on an in-patient and out-patient basis (as per individual employment agreements); prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions. • Refers clients for appropriate specialty care services, lab and x-ray and any other ancillary services that are appropriate for patient's management and care. • Reviews all lab and x-ray reports for patients under his/her care on a timely basis and makes medical management decisions appropriately. • Follows appropriate standards of care for each patient. • Provides continuity of care to center patients on his or her patient panel and other patients as assigned, including routine in-patient and nursing home care to center patients. • Performs emergency on-call on a scheduled basis with other providers within the clinic. • Maintains a problem oriented health record for each patient seen in accordance with the Center's established Health Information Management policies and procedures. • Ensures that patient and family/significant others are educated about diagnosis and the plan of care. • Acts as a resource for facilitating communication when necessary. • Participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs as needed i.e. diabetes collaborative/health fairs etc.; attends and participates in clinic meetings / departmental meetings and other clinic functions as required by the Center. • Provider is responsible for practicing accepted infection control procedures at all times to include attending individual/group infection control training, and to comply with infection control monitoring. • Demonstrating flexibility, enthusiasm and willingness to cooperate while working with others in assigned inter-professional care teams to support PCMH programmatic activities. • Participate in population management activities, as directed. • Assist the care team by helping to measure quality and identify, refine and implement practice improvements that support the medical home, and assist in performance evaluation and quality improvement. • Apply the principles of comprehensive, community-based, patient-centered, developmentally appropriate, and culturally and linguistically sensitive care.

2. Provides clinical oversight under the supervision of the Medical Director.

• Assumes responsibility/accountability for delegating, directing, and supervising patient care activities. • Trains, mentors and supervises students and clinical support staff engaged in activities and procedures, as appropriate. • Participates in the analysis of community health problems and assists in the development of the community health care plan. • Participates in Compliance and Performance Improvement activities for continuous care quality improvement and risk management purposes. • Participates in the review and development of patient care policies, including health maintenance schedules and continuity of care. • Participates in the review and development of protocols and standing orders. • Implements the plans, procedures and protocols for the medical team. • Serves as a resource and positive, proactive leader for the department. • Accepts responsibility for remaining current with medical and health care trends and information that impact the medical practice. • Leads the health care team in identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing patient and family needs to develop a plan of care. • Participates in the evaluation of products, procedures, and patient care standards.

3. Maintains professional courtesy at all times.

4. Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of advanced principles of health promotion, prevention and motivation
• Knowledge of protocols in general and an ability to quickly gain specific knowledge of the Center's current operational protocols
• Knowledge of medical terminology and appropriate abbreviations
• Demonstrates knowledge of the Texas Medical Practice Act
• Ability to document, with clarity, all information relevant to a patient's needs
• Ability to effectively present information in small group situations to patients, Center staff, and the general public
• Ability to use office equipment including but not limited to computers, fax machines, telephones and copiers
• Preferred: Spanish speaking and writing skills

Required Credentials and Experience:

• Family Nurse Practitioner: • Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with an Advance Practice Nursing degree in Family Practice. • Current certification from the Texas Board of Nursing Examiners to practice as an Advance Practice Nurse -Family Nurse Practitioner in the State of Texas • Annual continuing education as required by Board specialty • Must be registered and have current DEA, DPS and other such certificates to legally operate as an Advance Nurse Practitioner in the State of Texas • Hospital privileges at designated area hospitals if required for specialty • Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for Healthcare Professionals Certification
• Preferred: One (1) year of practice experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner giving direct patient care
• Physician Assistant (PA): • Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant Program • Current unrestricted license from the Texas Physician Assistant Board to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Texas • Annual continuing medical education as required by the Texas Physician Assistant Board • Must be registered and have current DEA, DPS and other such certificates to legally operate a practitioner in the State of Texas • Hospital privileges at designated area hospitals if required for specialty • Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for Healthcare Professionals Certification • Preferred: One (1) year of practice experience providing direct patient care
• Special Requirements: • The employee must be able to lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. • Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination. • Requires sitting, standing and walking for extensive periods of time. • Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours. • Requires frequent exposure to communicable diseases, body fluids, toxic substances, medicinal preparations and other conditions common to a clinic environment. • The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. • Ability to work with a moderate noise level in the work environment is required.

Contact Information:

(325) 658-5339 34 Buick Street San Angelo, Texas 35 E. 31st Street San Angelo, Texas 1610 S. Chadbourne Street, San Angelo, Texas

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