Job Description

Position Summary: To provide effective, efficient, and appropriate services to DFH patients in order to serve the community’s healthcare needs.

Position Responsibilities:
1. Assists in developing clinical practice guidelines.
2. Participates in provider and medical care team meetings.
3. Establishes positive relationships with local and regional medical community and attends local medical society functions.
4. Interviews patients to obtain history, performs physical examinations, orders lab and other tests, prescribes medications and treatments.
5. Provides continuity in managed care for patients with pre-existing long-term problems.
6. Makes referrals for secondary and tertiary care.
7. Performs medical procedures according to scope of practice.
8. Provides health maintenance visits, evaluates for immunizations, and provides anticipatory guidance and referrals; performs contract and special physical examinations as EPSDT, Head Start, employment, etc.; performs STD (sexually transmitted disease) and family planning screening and education.
9. Documents and codes all patient contact accurately and legibly in the medical record.
10. Performs as an active member of the medical team.
11. Participates in all Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition and transformation activities and serves as the clinical lead and liaison for PCMH as needed.
12. May be asked to perform other duties that align with DFH’s mission, including but not limited to participation on clinical committees, providing education, Quality Review and/or other activities.

Position Requirements:
1. Knowledge of adult learning principles and community resources.
2. Skill in providing excellent customer service and support; organizing and prioritizing workload and meeting deadlines; and excellent written and verbal communication.
3. Ability to interact effectively and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, education, racial, ethnic, and professional backgrounds.
4. Ability to work effectively with managers, co-workers, members of the public and professional groups.
5. Ability to communicate effectively, clearly, concisely with others (internal and external customers, both verbally and in writing), consistently demonstrate positive/proactive customer service attitude. Consistently maintains ethical behaviors exemplary of quality public service and fair standards, inclusively, among all employees and members of the public.
6. Ability to work as an effective team member; function independently, exercise sound judgment and initiative; be flexible to shift priorities; maintain confidentiality; establish and maintain effective interpersonal work relationships, effectively assist providers; work toward goals and objectives of draft priorities.
7. Ability to follow DFH Clinic practice guidelines – including adhering to the DFH immunization policy and the DFH Mission and Vision and DFH Corporate Compliance Policy.
8. Ability to receive constructive feedback including evaluation of provider’s productivity and practice attributes.

Minimum Requirements: Ability to perform each position responsibility satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential.
duties of the position.
1. Ability to understand that safety is a condition of employment. Unsafe acts or conditions will be reported to the supervisor.
2. Must be computer literate with ability to enter information in the DFH Electronica Health Record (HER) system and compile reports or data as requested.
3. Must be able to read, write and speak English.

Education and/or Experience: • Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program and certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. • The employee shall meet the requirements of the Oklahoma Board of Nursing; and be licensed to practice nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse(APRN) without restrictions within the State of Oklahoma.

Some traveling may be required.

COMMUNITY NURSING CENTER OF OKLAHOM

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