Nurse Practitioner -Family Medicine

Job Description

Job Description

Reports To:                            Chief Medical Officer

Greater Baden Medical Services (GBMS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare across Southern Maryland. With 9 clinical sites across Prince George's, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, we serve over 18,000 patients each year. We provide fully integrated care that includes primary care, pediatrics, women's health, Title X family planning, dental care, behavioral health, WIC, pharmacy services, and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program. Our patient population is primarily made up of Medicaid and uninsured individuals. We are deeply proud to deliver these vital services to everyone in our community, regardless of their ability to pay, making Greater Baden an incredibly rewarding place to grow your career while making a tangible, life-changing impact every day

Job Summary:

The Family Medicine  Nurse Practitioner at Greater Baden Medical Services (GBMS) is responsible for providing direct patient care and care consultation for a panel of patients as well as patients at GBMS.  This position requires strong family medicine patient care experience . The Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner practices in a team-based care model and collaborates with other members of the team to care for a panel and a population of patients. The Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner refers patients for medical care management and care coordination services with internal staff and/or with other agencies. The Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner is responsible for timely follow up of specialty referrals and diagnostic testing. The Family Practice Nurse Practitioner prioritizes meeting and exceeds quality care measures as identified by GBMS.

Full-time hours for this position includes thirty-two (32) clinical and eight (8) administrative hours with no weekends currently. Subject to change.

Essential Functions:

1. Provides comprehensive physical assessment of adult patients and evaluates the outcome of patient care.
2. Prescribes or recommends forms of treatment such as pharmaceutical (drug) therapy, physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
3. Conducts age appropriate risk assessments and developmental assessments 
4. Assures quality of patient care by participating in the organization’s Performance and Quality Improvement activities.
5. Advocates and orders immunizations according to current ACIP and/or CDC guidelines.
6. Arranges referrals, consultations, therapeutic services, and confers with other specialist on course of care and treatment.
7. Establish medical diagnosis for common short-term and chronic stable health problems. 
8. Order, perform, and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests.
9. Order and perform diagnostic, therapeutic, and corrective measures. Prescribe drugs
10. Provide same-day care as required.
11. Refer patients to appropriate licensed physicians or other health care providers as needed. 
12. May refer patients to physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment.
13. Provides direct patient care as needed and appropriate to serve the community in accordance with the organization’s mission, vision, and values
14. Provides appropriate documentation of clinical care provided in a timely manner.  This includes maintenance of patient charts in accordance with clinic protocols, and timely documentation of clinical procedures on encounter forms.
15. Complies with regulations regarding consultations and other services as required by patients’ insurance coverage.
16. Complies with Joint Commission standards for ambulatory care.
17. Complies with Patient Centered Medical Home standards and guidelines
18. Performs timely entry into, and manipulation of, the Electronic Health Record. 
19. Completes chart documentation timely in accordance with the company policy.
20. Complies with the organizations training requirements and risk management plan/programs.

Nonessential Functions:

1. Provides clinical leadership and acts as a resource to other members of the health care team, patients, or other members of the community.
2. Provides clinical support and acts as a resource to the Chief Medical Officer and other providers working in the clinic as appropriate.
3. Works with center manager to facilitate smooth operation of clinic flow.
4. Cooperates with compliance review activities.
5. Submits information needed for credentialing files in a timely manner.
6. When needed, assists the Safety Officer with employee health activities, especially in the event of an exposure to blood borne pathogens.
7. Participates in team/staff meetings; attends in-service meetings and applicable workshops. 
8. Performs any and all other duties required to provide for optimal patient care.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Current License to practice medicine in the State of Maryland.
2. Current Maryland prescriber number, and current D.E.A. and C.D.S. License.
3. Nurse Practitioner Board Certification preferred.
4. Must have a minimum 5 - 10 years  working experience
5. Current BLS and/or ACLS

Substitutions - None

Work Environment

This job operates in an outpatient office environment.

Physical and Mental Demands

1. Ability to cope with stress.
2. The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office
3. Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.
4. The person in this position frequently communicates with patients and/or employees. Must be able to summarize and exchange accurate information.
5. Must be able to lift or catch patient weighing more than 50 pounds in the event of emergency.
6. Performs with frequent interruption or distractions.
7. Adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
8. Ability to interact appropriately with colleagues for different purposes in different context.
9. Ability to perceive the nature of sound.
10. Expressing or exchanging information by means of the spoken word, or to convey detailed spoken instructions accurately, loudly or quickly.
11. Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships to perceive objects where and as they actually are.
12. Cognitive ability to analyze, count, summarize and synthesize information from multiple sources.
13. Ability to recognize social or professional behavioral cues.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret written or verbal documents and instructions. Ability to speak effectively to patients, employees and/or stakeholders of the organization.

Travel

Must be able to drive between Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc. locations.