NURSE PRACTITIONER- School Based

Open Door Family Medical Centers has been serving low-income, under-served residents and those lacking access to health care in the communities of Westchester and Putnam counties for more than 40 years, providing high quality primary health care and human services at affordable prices. Open Door’s nationally renowned Community Health Center sites, mobile dentistry units, school-based health programs, and its family practice residency training program, deliver exceptional value to both patients and the communities it serves, dedicated to engaging men, women and children in healthier lifestyles and creating healthier communities.
 
This year, Open Door will be the medical home for more than 50,000 patients, providing more than 250,000 visits. Our family medical services include primary medical care, dentistry, mental health, optometry, podiatry, and women’s health in Ossining, Sleepy Hollow, Port Chester, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco, and Brewster, NY.
 
Open Door believes that health is a right, not a privilege, with primary care to be affordable and delivered cost-effectively. We believe that healthy individuals and families are the foundation of a caring society, and that those empowered to lead healthy lives contribute significantly to our communities’ success. For additional information, please, visit www.opendoormedical.org

Open Door is seeking a full-time Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) for its medical site in Port Chester, NY and the School-Based locations. The NP will report to the site Medical 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, 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

REQUIREMENTS
• Degree and licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in NY
• Bilingual: English and Spanish preferred
• Minimum of one-year 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. Open Door qualifies our health care providers for federal and New York State loan repayment programs that can significantly reduce their eligible outstanding educational loans.

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.

Open Door is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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 submit your resume and cover letter with salary requirements to sfrankel@odfmc.org.