Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Job in Houston 77011, Texas US

El Centro de Corazón

The Center of the Heart

 

JOB DESCRIPTION

 

Job Title:  Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner

 

Classification:  Exempt             

 

Responsible to:  Chief Medical Officer

 

Position Summary

Performs professional duties as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner in a community health center setting.  Duties include actual hands on medical care under the supervision of a physician.  Primary activities encompass health promotion, health maintenance, and disease prevention, management of minor acute illness and chronic health conditions for all life cycles. 

 

Position Responsibilities

·         Obtain histories and perform physical examinations.

·         Assures continuity of care by providing comprehensive medical services.

·         Determine diagnosis and implement a treatment plan.

·         Request and review results of x-rays, laboratory tests and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

·         Patient counseling and education as required.

·         Participate in peer review, quality improvement, risk management and other committee activities as required.

·         Participate in the developmental and periodic review of patient care protocols.

·         If bilingual, translates in Spanish between non-Spanish speaking staff and Spanish speaking patients as requested.

·         Performs all other duties as assigned.

·         Attends and participates in staff meetings.

·         Demonstrates a willingness to participate and follow through with special projects and committees.

 

Position Qualifications

·         Graduation from an accredited Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NP) Program

·         Unrestricted license to practice as a NP.  National accreditation preferred.

·         ACLS certification preferred.

·         Comprehensive knowledge of medical diagnoses, procedures and accepted treatment patterns and primary medical care in out-patient setting. 

·         Adequate assessment skills and knowledge of basic community health and medical care principles, practices, and processes.

·         Knowledge of the principles and practice of modern medicine. 

·         Must be able to treat patients from a diversity of social and ethnic backgrounds and to work creatively as a member of a health oriented team composed of health care professionals from a variety of disciplines.

Requires sitting, standing and walking for extensive periods of time.  Those physical movements and the degree of mobility normally associated with the practice of primary care medicine will be performed on a repetitive basis.  Work under stressful conditions as well as irregular hours may be required.  Frequent exposure to communicable disease, body fluids, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, radiation and other conditions common to a clinical environment may routinely be encountered.

 

Each employee makes a significant contribution to the quality care of patients and to the success of El Centro de Corazón. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this position description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications and job scope, but not limit the employee to just the work identified. The expectation is that as a member of the El Centro team, each employee will offer his /her services wherever and whenever necessary.

 

This is to certify that the job description has been discussed and that I understand that the above mentioned is my position at El Centro de Corazón. 

 

 

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Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner            Date

 

 

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Director of Human Resources                      Date  

 

Created: May 2011                            Mid-Level Provider Page 1 of 2