The Family Practice Nurse Practitioner is an integral part of our team and is responsible for providing patient centered healthcare to individuals and families, inclusive of health status, age, gender identity and sexual orientation, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention in our integrated health clinic.

Essential Functions

This job description serves only as a general description of anticipated day-to-day responsibilities of the position. Management retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.

Provide quality general medical care to patients

• Provide quality general internal medicine, family medicine and pediatric medical care to patients including primary care, HIV medication management, HRT prescribing/monitoring and PrEP prescribing/monitoring by following the most current evidence-based guideline and procedure of practice.
• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate medical history and develop an appropriate assessment and plan of care in the direct management of patients with acute and chronic illness and for health maintenance/screening exams.
• Work productivity must demonstrate ability to see a minimum case load of 4 patients per hour for six hours per day (established patients 15 min/appointment), with two hours per day for documentation and other duties; effectively work patients into their schedules as caseload demands and respond to a variety of unforeseen daily circumstances, including emergency care of patients.

Collaborate with Multidisciplinary Team Members/Referrals

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate internal/external referrals to behavioral health, Prevention Specialists, and medical case management as appropriate.
• Participate in Southwest Center Integrated Care Team meetings to promote integration of patient care to foster optimum patient outcomes.

Marketing

• Build a patient base by networking, marketing, communicating with insurance companies with the goal of a full panel.
• Represent Wellness program in local/national media and community events that promote the awareness and utilization of SWC services.
• Participate in development of internal and external marketing materials to educate and promote wellness services offered.

Other Duties as Assigned

• This job description serves only as a general description of anticipated day-to-day responsibilities of the position. Management retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.

Minimum Qualifications

• Possess current and valid Arizona license from the State Board of Nursing for Advanced Nursing Practice and maintain license.
• Meet all clinical obligations of the medical practice: accrediting agency compliance (AANP or ANCC), CLIA compliance, drug prescription compliance including DEA certification, HIPAA, state and federal regulations, safety regulations, continuing education, and training to keep abreast of current developments in the industry etc.
• Credentialed with AHCCCS and major health insurance plans.
• Current CPR & ACLS certification.
• At least five years of clinical experience working as a family nurse practitioner.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, their families and staff members and agency leadership.
• Highly organized self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work in fast paced environment with changing deadlines and priorities while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Work effectively in a mission-driven agency whose clients and staff exhibit significant diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, nationality, and religion.
• Eager to work in a sex positive, stigma-free healthcare environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual (Spanish).
• Understanding of HIV disease and HIV related primary care, PrEP/PEP, and HRT.
• AAHIVM accreditation.
• Personal or professional experience regarding members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements

• Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.
• Office environment, exposure to computer screens for lengthy periods of time.
• May require evening and occasional weekend work.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, sit, stand; use hands, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
• This position may require the employee to occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, or crawl.
• This position must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds and assist clients.
• Requires operating standard office equipment (i.e. telephone, computer, fax machine, copier, etc.).
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) software applications and competent in using electronic medical records and information systems in providing effective documentation of patient care.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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