Nurse Practitioner

We are North Idaho’s premier provider of integrated medical, dental and behavioral health services. Our amazing care teams deliver world-class healthcare utilizing a patient directed, community-focused approach. Providing high quality, affordable Healthcare from the Heart is our passion. Our mission is to deliver a healthcare experience that provides hope, inspires change, and extends life for our patients and our community.

Top reasons to join our team:

• Our employees are mission – minded
• We are passionate about providing excellent patient care
• Community-focused
• Committed to a fun and supportive team environment
• We offer high-quality competitive employee benefits

Summary:

Provides primary care diagnosis and treatment in a family practice clinical setting to a specified population. Counsels and educates patients regarding treatment and refers to ancillary and support services.

Minimum qualifications:

Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) in the State of Idaho or qualified to receive certification as an FNP or an ARNP in the State of Idaho. Minimum 2-4 years’ experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified. State of Idaho RN Licensure or ability to receive licensure required. CPR certification or must obtain within 90 days of hire.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

1. Knowledge of patient care charts and patient histories
2. Knowledge of health education theory and practice.
3. Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.
4. Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
5. Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
6. Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise.
7. Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
8. Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provide primary care through diagnosis, clinical judgement, and management to restore, maintain, and improve health status in accordance with practice policies and scope of practice, including:
2. Assessment of physical, emotional, and developmental status of the individual and family;
3. Analysis of health behavior related to personality, lifestyle, and culture;
4. Prescriptive treatment of health problems as defined by nurse practitioner act;
5. Counseling and client advocacy;
6. Provides health education to clients, clinic staff, and community organizations;
7. Performs assessment of the environmental status of the community and its impact on health.
8. Obtains patient histories and develops patient care charts, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
9. Supervises and/or coordinates the activities of patient care and/or support staff.
10. Works in collaboration and/or coordination with other health-care providers within the clinic team and community agencies to provide comprehensive client care.
11. In coordination with other clinic staff, maintains system of quality assessment and assurance in accordance with quality assurance plan.
12. Participates in program planning, development, implementation and evaluation relating to specific job, clinic, and program functions.
13. Participates in a continuing education program designed by the nurse practitioner and approved by the Medical Director.
14. Participates in staff meetings, conferences, and in-service training and continuing education.
15. Participates in recruitment, interviewing and performance evaluations of clinical personnel.
16. Maintains standards of care as described in Principles of Practice, protocols, and Scope of Practice as approved by the State of Idaho Board of Nursing and the American Medical Association.
17. May participate in planning programs and in developing specific health policies and procedures.
18. Practices safety, environmental, and/or infection control methods.
19. Participates in QA/QI activities.
20. Performs other related functions as required for clinic operations.
21. Heritage Health staff have an active role in our Patient Centered Medical Home model of care. This role is designated as part of the Heritage Health PCMH Care Team.
22. Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position.
23. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Safety:

Heritage Health enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe working environment. Each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements, participating in emergency response tasks as requested, and serving on safety committees and teams as requested. In addition, employees must accept the responsibility for maintaining the safety of themselves and others by adhering to all written and verbal instructions, promptly reporting and/or correcting all hazards or unsafe conditions and providing feedback to supervisors and management on all safety issues.

Physical/Mental Requirements:

Required to stand, sit, and be mobile one-third to two-thirds of the time. They are required to use hands to finger, handle or feel over two-thirds of the time; while reaching with hands and arms occurs one-third of the day. Climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling or crouching occur less than one-third of the time. Communicating by talking / hearing occurs over two-thirds of the day. Amount of time spent lifting or exerting force is about 50% for up to 10 pounds and less than one-third of the time up to 25 – 40 pounds. Rarely is there a need to lift more than 41 pounds. Must be able to manage efficient keyboard use, hear, see, speak and read.

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.

• Ability to solve complex practical problems
• Positive interpersonal, communication & persuasion skills over the phone, computer & in person
• Must be able to simultaneously manage several objectives and assign priorities
• Deal with a wide variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written or oral form
• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines with a strong organization skill set for easy retrieval of information and to ensure competent closure of issues
• Ability to work overtime as needed, maintain alertness & meet the controlled substance policy.
• Good judgment and sound decision making and conflict management skills to inspire confidence from the customer
• Manage complex analysis and use deductive reasoning

Working Conditions:

Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment in a clinic. Work may be demanding and chaotic at times. Exposed to patient population that will present a variety of contagious diseases, physical injuries, and emotional states of mind.