Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - OOD

Description

Open Door Family Medical Center provides health care and wellness programs to individuals and families in need throughout Westchester, Putnam and Ulster Counties. A pioneer Federally Qualified Health Center, Open Door provides more than 300,000 patient visits annually and serves nearly 60,000 individual patients who might not otherwise have access. Open Door offers integrated services and a holistic approach to building healthier communities. Primary medical care, dental care, integrated behavioral health care, clinical nutrition, wellness programs, and chronic disease management are the foundation of its clinical programs.

Founded as a free clinic in 1972, Open Door’s mission of building healthier communities through accessible, equitable, culturally competent health care has led to site and service expansions. Today, Open Door operates centers in Brewster, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco, Ossining, Port Chester, and Sleepy Hollow, in addition to eight School-Based Health Centers in the Port Chester and Ossining School Districts, a mobile dental van in Mount Kisco, and a new dental practice in Saugerties, NY.  For more information, please visit our website at www.opendoormedical.org.

Open Door is seeking a full-time Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Physician Assistant (PA) for its medical site in Ossining NY. The NP or PA will report to the site Medical Site Director.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality primary care to pediatric and adult groups.
• Provide immediate patient care and, where necessary, refer the patient to a primary care team for more comprehensive care.
• Develop and implement a plan of care in collaboration with other members of the care team, the patient, family members and significant others.
• Ensure high quality patient care is delivered cost-effectively and consistently.
• Provide appropriate specialist referrals, follow-up and hospitalization when indicated.
• Maintain electronic medical records in compliance with Open Door’s standards with high efficiency.
• Partner with Open Door’s Behavioral Health team and resources.
• Maintain familiarity with ongoing research and development in relevant fields.
• Ensure performance improvement initiatives are supported with timely and accurate data and consistent actions.
• Represent Open Door in community outreach activities.
• If Designated as responsible for Bio Hazardous Waste removal, complete online training and receive certificate prior to completing this task.

Requirements

• Degree and licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in NY.
• Bilingual: English and Spanish.
• Minimum of 2 years relevant experience; experience working in emergency, urgent care or walk-in clinic desirable.
• Outstanding “bedside manners”: patient-centric with empathy, excellent active listening and communication skills, engaging and efficient.
• Outstanding clinical capabilities and judgment.
• Focused on collaborative team-based care.
• Responsive and capable of working in a high accountability environment.
• Comfort level with using an electronic health record.
• Flexible.
• Excellent judgment and ability to prioritize resources where they will be most useful.
• Comfortable receiving and providing constructive feedback.
• Engaged in learning and continuous quality improvement.
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills with a culturally diverse patient and staff population.
• Passionate about providing high quality primary health care to low-income, under-served residents and those lacking access to health care.

There are many fantastic benefits to a career at Open Door Family Medical Centers. In addition to working to effect positive change in the health and lives of thousands residents of Westchester and Putnam counties, Open Door offers its employees a stimulating, diverse and team-based work environment with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 403(b) and 401(k), generous paid time off, onsite Wellness facilities, and educational assistance. Aside from excellent benefits, we offer a competitive salary and annual bonuses based on patient care.

At Open Door, we enjoy working in a team-based, patient-centered environment and value the benefits of a diversified workplace that values our patients and the communities we serve.  If you want to make a difference in the lives of thousands of patients in the health of our communities of Westchester and Putnam counties, and if the position speaks to your capabilities, experience and commitment to improve the health of our communities, please complete the application, upload your resume and cover letter with salary requirements. Qualified candidates will be contacted by phone and/or email.

Open Door is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

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