Family Nurse Practitioner

Position Function:

To provide primary health care at the Longest Student Health Center through a complementary relationship with physicians and other health care professionals. Provide day-to-day health care management of student concerns and illnesses.

Salary Grade:17

Please see Staff Compensation Structure or Skilled Crafts and Service Maintenance Compensation Schedule for salary ranges. For salary grade UC these positions are Unclassified and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department.

Area of Specialization:

Healthcare

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The following examples are intended as illustrations only of the various types of duties assigned in positions allocated to this classification. The absence of specific statements of duties does not exclude those tasks from the position if the work is similar related or a logical assignment of the position.
1. Assist the Director in the development and implementation of comprehensive contraceptive management and sexually transmitted disease awareness programs.
2. Exercise many individual judgments regarding patient care while using well-defined protocols.
3. Provide a wide range of nursing activities in episodic care and health promotion including health counseling and teaching.
4. Elicit and record pertinent information regarding patients health history and seek to find the level of knowledge they have concerning their health problems.
5. Perform a thorough and accurate assessment of the patients physical and/or emotional problem during the health examination.
6. After examining the findings assist the medical and nursing management of episodic health care using established protocols.
7. Consult with members of the health care team in evaluating the effectiveness of health care plans.
8. Provide patient teaching and health counseling in an effort to help maintain an optimum level of wellness.
9. Perform related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Registered Nursess degree and advanced training as a Family Nurse Practitioner. MSN.
2. Certification and licensing by the Mississippi State Board of Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in an out-patient clinical setting.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

1. Considerable knowledge of interviewing and history-taking ability to perform patient assessments and interpret laboratory findings.
2. Requires a mature congenial individual that uses nursing skills to assess the patient as a whole.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Occasional and/or light lifting required. Limited exposure to elements such as heat cold noise dust dirt chemicals etc. but none to the point of being disagreeable. May involve minor safety hazards where likely result would be cuts bruises etc.

Routine deadlines; usually sufficient lead time; variance in work volume seasonal and predictable; priorities can be anticipated; some interruptions are present; involves occasional exposure to demands and pressures from persons other than immediate supervisor.

Job frequently requires standing walking sitting reaching stooping/kneeling
crouching/crawling talking hearing handling objects with hands and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.

Instructions for Applying:

Link to apply: to apply: must apply online at Please include a cover letter and resume along with the names addressed and telephone number of three references.

Equal Employment opportunity Statement:

MSU is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with regard to race color ethnicity sex religion national origin disability age sexual orientation genetic information pregnancy gender identity status as a U.S. veteran and/or any other status protected by applicable law. We always welcome nominations and applications from women members of any minority group and others who share our passion for building a diverse community that reflects the diversity in our student population.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. Discrimination is prohibited in university employment programs or activities based on race color ethnicity sex pregnancy religion national origin disability age sexual orientation genetic information status as a U.S. veteran or any other status to the extent protected by applicable law. Questions about equal opportunity programs or compliance should be directed to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance 231 Famous Maroon Band Street P.O. 6044 Mississippi State MS 39762 .

What do I do if I need an accommodation

In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADA) if you have a disability and wouldlike to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Mississippi StateUniversity please contact the Department of Human Resources Management attel: or.

If you have any questions regarding this policy contact the Department of Human ResourcesManagement ator. Upon request sections of thisjob listing are available in large print and readers are available to assist the visually impaired.