Our Nurse Practitioners provide general healthcare assessments, treatment, and follow-up commensurate with clinical skills and comply with clinical guidelines, administrative policies/procedures of our organization. if you have a passion for community-based care, join Swope Health and help shape the future of equitable, patient-centered healthcare in our region.
Primary Functions: - Conduct health assessments on adult patients (and pediatric patients if within the scope of practice) with both acute and chronic medical conditions.
- Develop an impression of diagnosis and a treatment plan in collaboration with the physician.
- Conduct health education/counseling/prevention of individual patients/groups at Swope Health Services.
- Participate in interdisciplinary patient staffing.
- Coordinate/collaborate with Swope Health Services departments and community service organizations as required by funding agencies.
- Responsible for integrating healthcare and health education in the Continuum of Care process.
- Order/perform and interpret routine laboratory tests.
- Develop a health promotion and maintenance plan, including disease prevention, health education and counseling.
- Provide care for selected complicated patients as directed and supervised by department physician(s).
- Arrange referrals as needed to other members of the health care team in accordance with SHS policies/procedures and/or third party payers
Successful Candidates will have:- Master of Science in Nursing or a Doctoral Degree Program
- Graduated for an accredited Physician Assistant Educational program.
- Registered Nurse in the State of Missouri and Kansas with an ARNP / PA License
- Completion of a recognized nurse practitioner program in Pediatrics or Family Medicine in a university-based or university-affiliated setting.
- Ability to work with a culturally diverse population.
- Ability to function as part of a team.
- Licensure through the National Council Licensure Examination.
- Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Days Off beginning at 20 days annually, effective the first day of employment
- Nine annual company-paid holidays; One annual paid personal day
