Nurse Practitioner

Company overview

Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center, Inc. (dba Cooperative Health) is a leading community health center serving the Midlands of South Carolina. It is deeply rooted in its mission of providing accessible, high quality, compassion health care in the spirit of the Good Samaritan. The organization’s values of: treating each other with respect, putting people first, being excellent at what we do, promoting a collaborative work environment, improving community/population health, fostering innovative thinkers, and getting results, are core attributes of every employee at Cooperative Health.

Job Summary

The (NP/PA) is a key member of the Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center's multi-disciplinary health care team. Primary, preventive, and episodic care is compassionately delivered to assess each patients unique health status and promote health and wellness. The clinical program is divided into units that foster a team approach to care. The (NP/PA) will assume an active role at the site becoming involved with quality improvement activities, meetings, and other team building efforts.

Essential Job Functions

• Obtain and document a through medical history, conduct a physical exam (as appropriate), and complete an assessment and plan taking into account the patient's psychosocial and social determinants of health.
• Accurately complete a superbill for billing purposes.
• Review, complete, close, and sign off all required documentation within the expected timeframe.
• Stays abreast of advancements of current speciality by attending seminars and conferences.

Administrative

• Completes medical records in a timely manner as specified by the medical record completion policy.
• Responds to messages from support staff and other members of the office team.
• Attends Cooperative meetings as scheduled (75% of all required staff meetings)
• Be knowledgeable of and work with care team to coordinate plans to improve population health (quality measures)
• Achieve expected targets with quality measures (UDS, Hedis, etc).

Clinical

• Obtain a through medical history, conduct a physical exam (as appropriate), and complete an assessment and plan.
• Make appropriate and timely medical diagnosis based upon history and physical exam. 
• Orders appropriate test to confirm or evaluate the medical situation.
• Prescribes medications and give detailed instructions for administration.
• Provides encounter information necessary for billing purposes (i.e. indicating appropriate CPT and ICD-10 codes for services rendered).
• Interprets and makes sound clinical decisions in a timely manner, monitoring the effectiveness of care plans
• Directs coordination of patient care with patient and other members of the clinical team.
• Successfully engage, educate, and empower patients to take control of their personal health.
• Provides medical supervision to support staff in implementing the plan of care.
• Serves as a preceptor for professional students during clinical rotations at Cooperative Health.
• Establishes an effective working relationship with public and private clinicians and other clinical care referral sources.
• Work the Saturday Walk-In office as arranged by the Division Director and / or CMO. 
• Performs other duties as assigned by the CMO and CEO.

Qualifications

• Nurse Practitioner
• • Must have successfully completed a master's or doctorate-level nursing program.
  • Must be certified by a nationally accredited credentialing agency.
  • Current licensure as RN in the state of South Carolina.
  • Certified by appropriate credentialing organization recognized by South Carolina as a Nurse Practitioner.
  • Maintains currently signed protocols reviewed and revised annually and as needed.
  • 2 years of experience working in a clinical setting, preferred.
  • 2 years of experience working in a clinical setting, preferred.

Competencies

• Ability to embody the mission and vision of Cooperative Health.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and problem solving skills.
• Ability to communicate with people from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and carry out work assignments independently and efficiently.
• Ability to maintain appropriate degree of confidentiality.
• Proficient in use of computer programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Physical demands

• Prolonged periods sitting or standing
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Be able to sit, stand, stoop, squat for extended periods of time throughout the day.
• Standing or walking for extended periods throughout the day.

Company conformance statement

In the performance of respective job assignments, all employees are required to conform with Cooperative Health’s:

• Board approved policies and procedures;
• Confidentiality and professional provisions;
• Compliance program; and
• Standards of conduct.

Supervisory responsibility

Yes