Looking to feed your desire to give to your community and support those who need a helping hand? Look no further! Not only is Preferred Family Healthcare growing the amount of its resources, services, and facilities to assist as many communities as possible, it also provides plenty of opportunity for growth in your current field and the freedom to explore others. Our culture and our environment are unlike any other. We offer highly-competitive pay and a full range of top-notch full-time employee benefits such as:

　　Medical

　　Dental

　　Vision

　　Life Insurance

　　Paid Time Off

　　Short Term Disability

　　Long Term Disability

　　Retirement Plan

　　Tuition Reimbursement

　　Student Loan Reimbursement

　　Employee Assistance Program

　　Job Description:

　　*Essential Job Functions:*

　　Carry out physical or psychological exam and record the history of the patient.

　　Able to give basic healthcare treatment.

　　Writes prescriptions and orders for medical/psychological tests.

　　Able to review the condition of the patient and determine the right course of treatment.

　　Attending to the needs of patients with the utmost patience, care, compassion and understanding.

　　Must be able to function independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex, critical and chronically ill patients.

　　Ordering and interpreting diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patients age-specific needs.

　　Prescribing appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.

　　Implementing interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain stability, including but not limited to monitoring the effectiveness of interventions.

　　Facilitate Medication Services within Substance Use Disorder programs as applicable:

　　Assess patients presenting condition; facilitate Mental status exam; Review of symptoms and screening for medication side effects; Review of participant functioning; Assess patients ability to self-administer medications; Provide education regarding the effects of medication and its relationship to the patients substance use disorder and/or mental health disorder as applicable.Remain abreast best practices for treatment of addiction and mental health disorders.

　　Adhere to service delivery expectations.

　　Facilitating the patients transition within the health care setting, e.g. transferring and/or collaborating with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals and facilitating staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.

　　Oversee their team through care coordination activities, including daily huddle processes, obtaining test and referral results and communication with outside facilities and providers.

　　Develop and approve standing orders as permitted by State law.

　　Determine and direct evidence-based approaches to self-management support.

　　Collaborate with other team members to address the need of the vulnerable populations identified.

　　*Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:*

　　Prefer previous experience providing care at a community health center or similar environment.

　　Current Missouri license in good standing.

　　Obtain a Federal DEA license.

　　Ability to relate well with patients and other health care personnel.

　　Social and cultural sensitivity appropriate to ethnically and economically diverse patient-and associate-base.

　　Willingness to explore/obtain DATA 2000 Waiver

　　*Experience and Education Qualifications:*

　　Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.

　　Licensed as a RN in the State of Missouri

　　Licensed as an APRN by the State of Missouri.

　　*Two years of experience as a Nurse Practitione *

　　Applicant must be willing to become licensed in additional states, other than the state currently licensed in. Applicant must be willing and comfortable with providing telehealth services to the individuals we serve.

　　*Supervisory Requirements:*

　　None

　　*Employment Requirements:*

　　Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record and abuse/neglect.

　　Completion of New Hire Orientation at the beginning of employment.

　　All training requirements including Relias Learning at the beginning of employment and annually thereafter.

　　Annual maintenance of licenses, and certifications.

　　*Physical Requirements:*

　　Physical: moving, walking, balancing, kneeling, crouching, stooping, reaching, standing, pushing, pulling and lifting.

　　Mental: forecasting, analyzing, synthesizing, explaining, adapting, comprehending, interpreting data, organizational skills, public speaking, conflict resolution, active listening skills, and flexibility.

　　Sensory: full vision and hearing acuity.

　　We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

　　Preferred Family Healthcare is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.