What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner position at Open Door Health Services?
Open Door Health Services (ODHS) is seeking a full-time, Nurse Practitioner We are in need of a NP who can provide primary care services in our federally qualified health center clinic (FQHC). If you are a nurse practitioner with this skillset and capability, please read further to see what our organization can offer you!
About ODHS & what we offer
Open Door Health Services is a not-for-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center. We provide comprehensive primary, urgent, and preventive healthcare services, as well as select specialty services and social support programs. Our physicians, nurse practitioners, behavioral health providers, and staff offer friendly, expert care for individuals and families throughout East Central Indiana-with or without insurance. Ability to pay is not a barrier to care. Services are offered at multiple locations in Muncie and Anderson.
About ODHS & what we offer
Open Door Health Services is a not-for-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center. We provide comprehensive primary, urgent, and preventive healthcare services, as well as select specialty services and social support programs. Our physicians, nurse practitioners, behavioral health providers, and staff offer friendly, expert care for individuals and families throughout East Central Indiana-with or without insurance. Ability to pay is not a barrier to care. Services are offered at multiple locations in Muncie and Anderson.
Open Door is recognized by the National Committee of Quality Assurance as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home. We have provided services in our region since 1974, and consistently partner with other nonprofits to support the improvement of our great community.
What can ODHS offer you?
An excellent benefit package covering your medical, dental, and vision needs
An allowance for CME training
Tuition reimbursement through the National Health Service Corporation
Generous PTO & vacation time
Competitive salaries
The Location
Downtown Muncie, IN
Downtown Muncie has been updated to reflect a tasteful, creative mixture of the modern & historical that will leave you wandering between coffee shops, pubs, and historical gems that line the streets. Our Muncie location is in the heart of this beautifully updated downtown center.
Community & Schools
Muncie-Delaware County, Indiana is a dynamic community located 58 miles northeast of Indianapolis in the east central portion of the state. Muncie, the county seat, comprises nearly sixty percent of Delaware County’s population. Our community is grounded with a diverse economic base that includes advanced manufacturing, information technology, logistics, and life science firms. Top notch educational institutions and a regional medical hospital grace the community. Ball State University (22,000 students) and Ivy Tech Community College (3,700 students) with nationally acclaimed educational departments and programs can provide your business with a wide assortment of quality applicants.
Art & Music
Muncie is home to a growing population of artists and musicians. There is an ‘Art Walk’ every first Thursday of the month, downtown. Live music can frequently be heard from bands playing in the circle, while novices & experts alike practice their craft at the pottery shop across the street.
Sports
Muncie is only 60 miles northeast of Indianapolis; home to the NFL Colts, the NBA Pacers, the Indiana Fever, Indy Eleven, and the Indianapolis 500! Sports enthusiasts may also enjoy the multitude of spacious parks where one can freely play baseball, basketball, football and so much more!
Outside Adventures
The Cardinal Greenway stretches 62 miles through Marion, the heart of Muncie, Richmond and most of East Central Indiana! The popular walking and biking trail is paved, but if you still get tired, there are plenty of stops and off-trail areas where you can get back to the city or explore a new community. The surrounding areas also have zip-lining, cave exploring, hiking, and beaches/reservoirs.
As a Nurse Practitioner you will uphold our Mission, Vision, and Values. NP will provide primary care to patients acting as physician extender in the clinic following established standards, practices, and protocols.
Responsibilities (How this position enhances our Mission, Vision, and Values)
Mission – Improve the Quality of Life of Others:
- Utilizes Open Door Health Services Core Values when interacting with patients, families and co-workers.
- Complies with all agency policies and procedures concerning corporate compliance including privacy of protected health information.
- Obtains complete medical history and physical data on patients.
- Performs a complete physical exam and assessment and record finding.
- Makes independent provider judgements, collaborating with physicians in managing acute and long-term medical needs of patients, as appropriate.
- Remains current in advanced practice changes within specialized area, and where relevant, translate these findings into clinical practice.
Vision - ODHS preferred partner in East Central Indiana for improving the well-being of individuals and the communities in which they live:
- Interprets and integrates data to determine appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as needed.
- Synthesizes data to determine preliminary diagnostic and therapeutic plan utilizing principles of prevention.
- Per licensing guidelines, administers medications and injections according to physicians’ direction and protocols.
- Instructs patient and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
Values- Esteem the Team, Maximize Potential, Do the Right Thing, Choose Compassion, Encourage Uniqueness:
- Maintains and reviews patients’ records, charts, and other pertinent information.
- Order appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures and reports tests and examination results.
- Interviews and advises patients regarding health maintenance, illness prevention, normal behavior, social and physical growth and development.
- Recommends community resources to meet patient and family needs.
- Provides telephone consultation, follow-up phone calls, and triage patient telephone calls.
- Manages medical emergencies.
- Provides monitoring and continuity care between Clinic visits.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Demonstrates ongoing professional growth through participation in relevant educational endeavors and appropriate associations.
About you:
- Ability to react calmly in emergency situations.
- Knowledge of organizational policies, regulations and procedures to administer patient care.
- Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care.
- Ability to read, understand, and follow detailed written and oral communication.
- Knowledge of and skill in applying and modifying the principles, methods and techniques of professional nursing to provide ongoing patient care.
- Skill in taking medical history to assess medical condition and interpret findings.
- Skill in developing and maintaining departmental quality assurance and quality control standards.
- Ability to communicate clearly.
- Skill in establishing and maintaining departmental quality assurance and quality control standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Requires standing, walking or sitting for long periods of time. Occasional bending, stretching or lifting up to 40 pounds.
- Requires the ability to work under stressful situations.
- Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range or use of approved adaptive equipment.
- Skill in exercising initiative, listening, judgement, discretion, and decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
- Able to prioritize work, assignments, work independently, and perform duties efficiently.
- Understanding of individual socio-economic status and lifestyle with respect to individual differences.
- All nurse practitioners must have written collaborative agreement with a licensed physician according to the requirements of the Indiana State Board of Nursing.
Typical Working Environment: Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substance, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to clinic environment. Tasks involve contact with blood or body substances.
Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN required. Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner program, testing, and certification.
Experience: Three years of professional nursing experience in a clinic setting preferred.
Certificate/License:
Possession of an Indiana State Registered Nurse license.
Possession of Indiana State Nurse Practitioner Authorization license.
DEA certification.
CSR registration.
CPR & First Aid Certification,
