Advanced Practice Clinician

Planned Parenthood Great Rivers (PPGR) currently has an opening for an Advanced Practice Clinician.  This is a full-time (benefited) position as a float within the STL area health centers.
POSITION TITLE: Advanced Practice Clinician – Float STL area health centersSTATUS: Full Time REPORTS TO: Associate Medical Director; Medical DirectorCOMPENSATION: $47 to $60/hour
Must have or obtain the COVID Vaccines and Booster!
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers (PPGR) offers a robust benefits package.  Employer Paid: Healthcare: Employee pays approximately $82 per pay periodVision: Employee pays approximately $4 per pay periodDental: Employee pays approximately $5 per pay periodMail in pharmacy benefits Well-being reward: $200Life Insurance: Up to $100,000Paid Parental Leave: 8 weeks of full salary after the event (birth or adoption)Retirement plan with up to 6% match after 1 year of employmentProfessional Development: $1500 annuallyGenerous Paid Time Off: 8 Sick Days, 10 Vacation Days, 5 Care for you days, and, 9 paid Holidays Employee Paid/Voluntary Benefits Include: Aflac: Short-Term Disability, Accident Policy and Hospitalization PolicyLife Insurance additional coverage up to $100,000

POSITION SUMMARYUnder approved protocols and a collaborative practice agreement, provides high quality, patient-centered reproductive health care.  Ensures an environment that honors patient autonomy and is consistent with approved affiliate protocols. Consistent with our patient-centered approach to healthcare delivery, PPGR offers day, evening, and weekend hours. Requires excellent written and oral communication skills. Requires mobility to provide physical exams. Essential Duties·         Following Medical Standards and Guidelines and protocols of PPGRo   Assesses patient’s family planning needs by obtaining and evaluating complete medical, surgical, social and familial health historieso   Performs appropriate health screening procedures and physical examinations consistent with approved skills including, but not limited to, breast, pelvic recto-vaginal examination, testicular exam, prostate exam, and extremity visualization o   Perform basic gynecologic office-based procedures, e.g. IUD insertion and removal, contraceptive implant insertion and removal, vulvar and endometrial biopsyo   Orders, obtains, and interprets appropriate laboratory testso   Provides client-centered counseling and education about family planning methods, and manages patients’ side-effects, complications, and concerns related to sucho   Provides counseling, education, and clinical care for all PPGR service lines e.g., STDs, PREP, EC, GAHT, abortion, well person care, breast, and cervical cancer screeningo   Expected to learn and achieve competence in all existing and new service lines offered to patients by the affiliateo   If privileged to do so under the direction of the Medical Director, provide colposcopy/LEEP, abortion (medical and/or procedural), ultrasound, other expanded gynecologic serviceso   Make referrals as appropriate.  Follows up with patients as indicated by the severity of the referral condition·         Maintains professional responsibility and commitment to remaining informed and current on medical knowledge, services and practices provided at PPGRo   Presents medical topics at affiliate in-services as neededo   Active member of clinician team.  Attends meetings as indicated.  Active participation in discussion and decisions about the provision of care in the clinicso   Affiliate will provide $1500 and three days paid per fiscal year for professional development, educational conferences, and CEU activities per full-time clinician. Part-time clinicians will be allotted a prorated benefit.    ·         Accepts individual and joint responsibility in health center efforts for achieving  o   4 clinician visits/hro   Work RVU of 7/ clinician hour averaged over each montho   Fiscal responsibility in revenue, expenses, and contribution marginso   Compliance with organizational commitment to quality assurance and federal regulations (OSHA, CLIA) ·         Understands and participates in the organizations patient and team centered approach to health care deliveryo   Maintains a “patient advocate” role in monitoring quality of careo   Adhere to affiliate policies on professionalism, patient wait time, and addressing patient complaintso   Orientates and trains, as delegated, new clinic staff in medical standards and practices.  Educates all clinic staff on an on-going basis on medical information consistent with services providedo   Pr