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MO-SSM Health Medical Group 1035 Bellevue Ave
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
SSM Health is a leading healthcare provider committed to delivering exceptional patient care and advancing medical innovation. Our team at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis is dedicated to providing comprehensive internal medicine services with a focus on compassionate and personalized care.
Job Description: As a Nurse Practitioner in Internal Medicine at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality primary care services to adult patients within an outpatient setting. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess, diagnose, and manage a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions.
Key Responsibilities:
Patient Assessment and Diagnosis: Conduct thorough health assessments, including medical history reviews, physical examinations, and diagnostic tests to evaluate patients' health status and formulate accurate diagnoses.
Primary Care Services: Provide comprehensive primary care services to adult patients, focusing on health promotion, disease prevention, and management of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and respiratory conditions.
Treatment Planning and Management: Develop and implement individualized treatment plans based on evidence-based practices, including prescribing medications, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and coordinating referrals to specialists as needed.
Patient Education and Counseling: Educate patients and families about health conditions, treatment options, preventive care, and lifestyle modifications. Empower patients to actively participate in their healthcare decisions and self-management strategies.
Collaborative Care: Collaborate with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated and integrated patient care. Participate in interdisciplinary rounds, case conferences, and care coordination meetings to optimize patient outcomes.
Documentation and Record-Keeping: Maintain accurate and timely electronic health records (EHR) documentation of patient encounters, treatment plans, and follow-up care in compliance with regulatory standards and organizational policies.
Quality Improvement Initiatives: Participate in quality improvement projects and initiatives to enhance the quality and safety of patient care, promote clinical excellence, and achieve organizational goals.
Qualifications:
Master's degree in Nursing from an accredited program
Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner in Missouri with national certification as an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Minimum of 2 years of experience practicing as a Nurse Practitioner in internal medicine or a related specialty preferred
Strong clinical assessment, diagnostic, and therapeutic skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team
Benefits:
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
Sign-on bonus available
Professional development opportunities, including continuing education and tuition reimbursement
Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick leave
Retirement savings plan with employer match
Employee wellness programs and resources
Join SSM Health at St. Mary's Hospital and be part of a compassionate team dedicated to improving the health and well-being of our community through exceptional internal medicine care. Apply today to make a meaningful impact on patients' lives and advance your career with SSM Health!
SSM Health is a Catholic not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. Headquartered in St. Louis, SSM Health has care delivery sites in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The health system includes 24 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient care sites, 10 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, an insurance company, a technology company and an Accountable Care Organization.
With more than 10,000 providers and 40,000 employees in four states, SSM Health is one of the largest employers in every community it serves. An early adopter of the electronic health record (EHR), SSM Health is a national leader for the depth of its EHR integration.
SSM Medical Group is a member of SSM Health Care—St. Louis and includes almost 400 primary and specialty care physicians in 65 locations, including 6 urgent care clinics and 5 Express Clinics. Our clinics are located in north, south and mid St. Louis County; in St. Charles County; in Warrenton and Troy, Missouri; and in Belleville and Maryville, Illinois.
At SSM, we take pride in the physician leadership of our Medical Group. Our physicians have a voice in their own practice operations, as well as the overall direction of the organization. Our SSM physician leadership allows physicians to manage the care of their own patients and provide appropriate treatment to meet each patient’s unique needs.
All SSM Health Medical Group primary care practices are nationally recognized as NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Homes (http://www.ssmhealth.com/medicalgroup/who-we-are/why-choose-us/) and provide exceptional care through evidence-based protocols, while coordinating and managing patient care across the continuum.
Job Summary:
In collaboration with physician colleagues, demonstrates and provides professional nursing care to patients requiring an advanced level of knowledge and management of their nursing care in both inpatient and ambulatory settings.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Assesses patient of any age presenting for health care and obtains a personal medical history, appropriate physical examination with recording of the resulting information.
Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
Addresses and responds to patient and staff requests for information in a timely manner, prioritizing patient requests and urgent needs.
Plans for patient care by making comprehensive clinical decisions based on advanced diagnostic skills and professional judgment, reviewing results of diagnostic tests and procedures, developing and implementing a treatment plan for the patient and/or family, and providing a wide range of interventions required to effect change.
Problem solving skills demonstrated by making competent advanced clinical decisions, utilizing appropriate resources, consulting with physician, as appropriate, and involving management where necessary.
Maintains effective methods of formal and informal communication with staff so that dissemination of information/administrative decisions are conveyed in a positive and supportive manner; motivates and supports staff to achieve department/contractual goals and operational benchmarks.
Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals. Facilitates referral of patients to other appropriate community healthcare facilities, agencies and resources.
Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
Recognizes and utilizes opportunities to act as a change agent by introducing nursing practice innovations.
Evaluates nursing practices associated with specialty area, defines needs/problems with patient care and makes constructive suggestions that creates a positive patient outcome.
Promotes positive health behaviors and self-care skills through education and/or counseling.
Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
Completion of a formal post-basic education program from or formally affiliated with an accredited college, university or hospital (Before July 1, 1998) or a graduate degree from an accredited college or university (After July 1, 1998) with a concentration in the appropriate advanced practice nursing clinical specialty area.
Board certification by a national recognized certifying board in the appropriate population focus
Current or compact RN license in appropriate state
Appropriate APRN license or document of recognition in appropriate state
EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
Constant standing and walking.
Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional driving.
Rare crawling and running.
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type:
Employee
Department:
7063000125 St. Mary's 4th IM
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status , or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more. (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)