Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Kent Job at AxessPointe Community Health Centers, INC
ABOUT AXESSPOINTE
AxessPointe Community Health Centers provides affordable, high-quality health care to families and individuals in Summit and Portage counties. We offer a full range of services including medical, dental, women’s health, behavioral health and a reduced-rate pharmacy.
WHY WE EXIST AND OUR DIRECTION
Our Mission: To provide a quality, affordable and compassionate health home for – every patient, every time – in all communities.
Our Vision: To be recognized as a leader in the delivery of high quality, integrated family-oriented healthcare and as a model program for community-based primary care.
OUR VALUES AND CORE COMPETENCIES:
Mission First: We believe in always working hard to help each and every patient—to be a place where all are welcomed—to help them and their communities flourish through our efforts together.
Supporting competencies: We live this value through (a) respectful, compassionate service and (b) results orientation.
Operational Excellence: We believe in doing a job well done, always seeking ways to do what we do better, and embracing challenges through an open-minded, informed approach.
Supporting competencies: We live this value through (a) functional knowledge and skill, (b) continual improvement, and (c) decision making and creative problem solving.
Bring Your Best: We believe that we owe it to our patients, to our coworkers, and to ourselves to approach every day as an opportunity to excel together, creating an organization that makes our communities healthier despite the challenges that arise.
Supporting competencies: We live this value through (a) integrity, (b) team mentality, and (c) agility and resilience.
NURSE PRACTITIONER/PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
SUMMARY: As part of a collaborative agreement with a physician as mandated by Ohio law and under the direction of the AxessPointe Community Health Center, Inc. (API) Medical Director, the NP/PA will provide quality primary medical and behavioral health services to adults, children and families in a holistic manner within the northeast Ohio area.
SUPERVISOR: Chief Medical Officer
Experience Required: 2 years Ambulatory Care
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Examines, diagnoses, and treats illnesses and injuries of patients throughout the lifespan.
- Provides well-child, well-woman and well-man health maintenance exams to new and established patients.
- Orders appropriate screening and diagnostic lab and radiographic exams.
- Interprets results of physical exams and screening/diagnostic tests to implement appropriate care plans for the patient.
- Prescribes medicines, therapeutic agents and treatment modalities as required by patient needs and in accordance with licensed prescriptive authority.
- Supports health promotion, health education, health empowerment and disease prevention interventions for all patients.
- Provides age-appropriate care to all patients.
- Promotes patient and family centered care through a collaborative team approach.
- Participates in established call group as necessary.
- Refers patients to specialty practices as appropriate and needed. Provides medical care to patient as part of mutual patient care with specialist.
- Confers with collaborating physician about patient care as necessary.
- Documents and maintains patient records of services provided according to program standards.
- May instruct medical students or nursing students.
- Operates within a scope of practice as agreed to by the FNP/PA, the collaborating physician, the medical director and in compliance with Ohio state law.
- Supervision and Administrative experience helpful
- Note: You may be asked to perform any of the job duties within your respected scope of practice at any AxessPointe location (as defined on HRSA Form 5B) depending on patient care need and current clinical coverage.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of principles and practices of preventative medicine.
- Knowledge of state and federal laws pertaining to medicine and public health.
- Formal MSN-NP/ PA training and certification in the state of Ohio to practice medicine.
- Knowledge of the structure and function of community health centers.
- Skill in communicating effectively with patients and families to include culturally sensitive care.
- Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other employees, patients and the general public.
- Commitment to AxessPointe mission, vision and values.
- Graduation from an accredited MSN/ARC-PA program
- Bilingual a plus
LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Board certification from ANCC/NCCPA or other valid NP/PA accreditation body with a focus in family medicine (all ages)
- Licensed in the state of Ohio
- Current DEA Registration
COMPLIANCE:
This position requires compliance with API's written standards, including its Compliance Program and Standards of Conduct and policies and procedures. Such compliance will be an element considered as part of the regular performance evaluation.
Failure to comply with API's Written Standards, which may include the failure to report any conduct or event that potentially violates legal or compliance requirements or API's Written Standards or, for managers and supervisors, fails to detect non-compliant conduct where reasonable efforts would have resulted in detection, will be met by the enforcement of disciplinary action, up to and including possible termination, in accordance with API's Compliance Program Policy and Procedure: Addressing Instances of Non-Compliance through Appropriate Disciplinary Actions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, and use hands to finger handle or feel; to talk; or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must be able to frequently lift up to 25 pounds. The employee may occasionally be required to lift 25 to 50 pounds; however, this is not essential; duties may be shifted to accommodate lifting restrictions.
WORK ENVIORNMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less). The employee will occasionally be working near moving mechanical parts, be exposed to outdoor weather conditions and exposed to a risk of electrical shock while running the copier, printer, other standard equipment and answering the telephone. The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate. Stress level can be high at times.
Note:
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with the job.
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