Job Description Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner to lead the university's student health clinic. As the Associate Director and leader of MUSC Student Health Service, you will play a crucial role in articulating and executing the mission, vision, and goals of the organization to promote health and wellbeing for college students in an academic health sciences university setting. Your primary responsibilities will include providing and overseeing patient care for a young adult/adult population, planning, organizing, and supervising the daily operations of Student Health Services (SHS). If you are a highly skilled compassionate provider, a strategic planner who fosters continuous quality improvement, and a strong healthcare leader, we invite you to join our team and change what’s possible at MUSC.

This position does not require weekend work.

Entity
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

Worker Type
Employee

Worker Sub-Type
Unclassified

Cost Center
CC002245 ESL Student Health Services

Pay Rate Type
Salary

Pay Grade
University-00

Pay Range
$0 - $0 - $0

Scheduled Weekly Hours
40

Work Shift

Job Description

Patient Care - 30%:

Primary Care and Health Promotion

• Provide comprehensive primary care to a young adult/adult population.
  
• Formulate, implement, and evaluate plans of care utilizing sound clinical judgement and evidence-based knowledge guided by accurate assessments of physical, psychological, emotional, and environmental needs of student needs.
  
• Establish positive patient rapport and therapeutic relationships. Provides safe, ethical, patient-centered, culturally congruent, and evidence-based care. Documents patient care in the electronic medical record.
  
• Promote health, wellbeing, and student self-management.
  
• Must be comfortable with diverse patient populations and dealing with sensitive issues (that include sexual orientation, sexual health, substance abuse, and mental health).
  
• Perform appropriate diagnostic testing that is evidence based, essential for diagnosis, and mindful of cost. Able to accurately interpret test results (EKG, spirometry, lab results), and formulate an accurate diagnosis and/or list of diagnostic considerations.

Patient Care - 30%:

Womens Health, Urgent Care, and Immunizations

• Ability to manage Women’s Health issues of the student population, which includes cancer prevention/pap smear screening, STI screening and disease management, contraception, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic conditions.
  
• Use evidence based and careful clinical judgement in the performance of duties. Must have ability to identify and respond to urgent/emergent clinical situations and seek assistance from clinic staff when necessary.
  
• Facilitate staff to perform patient triage and care, nursing and medical interventions as ordered, vaccine clinics, immunization verification process and protocol for blood borne pathogen exposures.
  
• Collaborate with other Education Innovation & Student Life divisions (Counseling and Psychological Services) for consultation and/or assistance in management of student issues.
  
• Consistently work within the APRN scope of practice and seek collaboration appropriately.
  

Patient Care - 20%:

Nursing/Medical Knowledge and Professionalism:

• Maintain professionalism and work independently within the APRN scope of practice to achieve clinical outcomes.
  
• Utilize evidence and science to guide practice.
  
• Maintain a level of professional development through continuing education, quality/process improvement initiatives, and sharing of knowledge.
  
• Demonstrate leadership in role and competence as an expert practitioner
  
• Promote a culture of health and well-being for students.
  
• Represent SHS on committees.
  
• Assume the clinic leadership role.
  
• Ensure and role model a culture of health and well-being with excellent interpersonal skills along with promoting student self-management.
  

Administrative Role - 20%:

Supervision

• Supervise and manage the SHS staff and assume a leadership role in the clinic.
  
• Work collaboratively with the clinical staff to establish work schedules and coverage for the clinic.
  
• Work with staff to determine quality and process improvement projects for the SHS clinic.
  
• Performs other duties as needed.
  

Occupational Health:

• Direct the SHS staff to ensure that MUSC students meet university pre-matriculation requirements and maintain ongoing compliance with university student health requirements (e.g., annual flu vaccine, annual TB surveillance).
  
• When consulted, provide university immunization and compliance requirements for visiting students.
  
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate processes and direct the clinical team to utilize features of the electronic medical records system effectively and efficiently.
  

Maintenance of Physical Facility:

• With SHS staff, ensure clinic is compliant with any accreditation, HIPAA, FERPA, JCAHO, OSHA, and DHEC requirements.
  
• Assist with quality and process improvement projects. Use computer software programs (e.g., such as Point N Click, Maxient, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and others) to meet position responsibilities.
  

Minimum Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited graduate nursing program with MSN and/or DNP (preferred). Certification as. Family Nurse Practitioner.
• Licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing and certification in Basic Life Support or certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support required.
• Five-years or more primary care experience as an APRN.
• Prefer experience in young adult/adult primary care and student-centered care promoting health and wellbeing. Majority of patient care experience with the 20- to 40-year-old population.
• Prefer nursing management and strong leadership experience with a minimum of one to two years of leadership experience in a clinical setting.
  

Additional Job Description
Physical Requirements: (Note: The following descriptions are applicable to this section: Continuous - 6-8 hours per shift; Frequent - 2-6 hours per shift; Infrequent - 0-2 hours per shift) Ability to perform job functions in an upright position. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions in a seated position. (Infrequent) Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile. (Frequent) Ability to climb stairs. (Infrequent) Ability to climb ladders. (Infrequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work from elevated areas. (Infrequent) Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Infrequent) Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent) Ability to bend at the waist. (Frequent) Ability to twist at the waist. (Frequent) Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Infrequent) Ability to perform 'pinching' operations. (Infrequent) Ability to fully use both hands/arms. (Continuous) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Frequent) Ability to fully use both legs. (Continuous) Ability to reach in all directions. (Continuous) Possess good finger dexterity. (Continuous) Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function. (Continuous) Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs., unassisted. (Frequent) Ability to lift objects, up to 50 lbs., from floor level to height of 36 inches, unassisted. (Frequent) Ability to lower objects, up to 50 lbs., from height of 36 inches to floor level, unassisted. (Frequent) Ability to lift and carry patients weighing up to 350 lbs., assisted. (Frequent) Ability to push/pull objects, up to 350 lbs., unassisted. (Frequent) Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance. (Continuous) Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous) Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous) Ability to hear and understand whispered conversations at a distance of 3 feet. Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Continuous) Ability to be qualified physically (by medical personnel) for respirator use, initially and annually. Additional New Requirements: Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations. Computer literacy. Ability to work rotating shifts. Ability to work overtime as required. Ability to learn and use new processes, tools and equipment as required.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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