Description

The Family Nurse Practitioner provides patient care in the Church Health Medical Clinic, treating both an established patient panel as well as urgent care visits. This position educates patients and families about preventive care, medical issues, use of prescribed medical treatments, and or medications.

• Take patient history, conduct physical examinations and communicate effectively with patients and families.
• Order laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures to diagnose medical conditions.
• Prescribe necessary medication, treatment and services for quality patient care.
• Carry out therapeutic procedures as needed within the scope of primary care.
• Maintain accurate records within the EMR.
• Answer inbox messages within 48h and maintain PAQ less than 2 weeks.
• Maintain effective relationships, being mindful of any cultural differences.
• Analyze new knowledge gained from conferences, workshops, professional literature, or ‘hands-on” training and assimilate this knowledge into clinical practice.
• Review reports on individual provider progress, as well as clinic population health progress.
• Provide patient care management and pre-operative care for patients, update physicians and work with members of medical staff to allow for consultation, collaboration, or referral.
• Supervised by an agreed upon staff physician for the purposes of chart review, quality care delivery, and clinical standards and practices adopted by Church Health in accordance with the Nursing and Medical Boards of TN.

About Church Health

As a faith-based healthcare not-for-profit, Church Health believes in caring for one another as we’d all like to be cared for. That’s why we commit every day to making the highest quality health care accessible to more Memphians, especially those facing social and economic challenges—so we can all live our lives with dignity, vitality and joy.

With services that span all ages, including the youngest of us, and that treat the whole person, we make it possible for more Memphians to live fully. Today, with the support of our partners, volunteers and donors, we conduct an average of 60,000 patient visits a year in Memphis and serve as a model for countless communities across the nation.

Requirements

Required Skills/Abilities

• Demonstrated passion for patient care in an underserved population.
• Understanding of quality improvement.
• Knowledge of outpatient health care procedures and counseling.
• Ability to respond to demanding and complicated patient situations.
• Flexible and adaptable in finding solutions for difficult situations.
• Knowledge and efficiency with EHR systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively both oral/written with a broad base of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership skills are required in this position as the employee will be instructing, guiding, and motivating staff to perform.
• Moderate level of desktop computer skills to include the O365 productivity software suite.

Education and Experience:

• Master’s Degree: A graduate-level degree in a relevant field is required.
• Tennessee RN license is required.
• Certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse is required.
• Prescriptive Authority and DEA Licensure is required.
• 3-5 years of experience.