Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Student Health Center at Tulane University in new orleans, Louisiana

Job Description:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Student Health CenterStudent Health Center

Location: New Orleans, LA

Summary

The Advance Nurse Practitioner (APRN) is part of the Tulane University Campus Health team of committed professionals dedicated to supporting and promoting student health and well being as a core institutional value through a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach. The APRN position resides within The Health Center for Student Care, and reports to the Medical Director.The individual in this position is responsible for providing clinical services, referral to specialist, and provide health education/literacy.

The APRN is a part of the medical team that provides health care services to the student population at Tulane University.The practitioner will provide medical assessments and exams, health education/literacy, referrals, and health screenings in a wide variety of clinic settings.The Health Center for Student Care operates clinical service to students through primary care, women's health, and men's health clinics.The practitioner will also provide outpatient procedures such as suture/staple placement and removal, I&D, cryotherapy, fluorescence eye staining, removal of foreign body, and other procedures as certified.This individual will be a part of the Health Center provider group and attend regular meetings, participate in peer review projects, grand rounds, and will be involved in community engagement activities.As part of a multidisciplinary team, this person will demonstrate qualities of effective leadership, communication, and professionalism.

Located in the unique and iconic city of New Orleans, Tulane is a highly regarded and selective independent research university, a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), and offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in the liberal arts, science and engineering, architecture, business, law, social work, medicine, and public health. Tulane University Campus Health is fully accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and serves a student body of over 13,500.

Required Qualifications

• Mastersdegree.


• Completion of an ANA-approved Nurse Practitioner program with either an AANC or AANP certification.


• Licensure as a Nurse Practitioner from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing by the date of hire.


• One-year experience in a clinical outpatient setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• More than three years experience in a clinic outpatient setting.


• 1-year experience in a Primary Care setting.


• 1-year College health experience


• Knowledge and competency to supervise health profession students and trainees.


• Maintain current clinical knowledge on health-related topics.

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