Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) has an opportunity for a Street Medicine Nurse Practioner. Street Medicine Kalamazoo (SMKzoo) provides medical and social services to individuals who are underhoused or rough sleeping in Kalamazoo. We provide access to medical, addiction, behavioral health, harm reduction, and social services with a focus on meeting patients where they are at and decreasing barriers to accessing these services. We run shelter-based clinic and mobile clinic that is parked at fixed locations on a weekly basis. We also provide care at encampments and other locations throughout Kalamazoo County where are patients are residing.

SMKzoo is seeking an experience Nurse Practitioner (NP) who is dedicated to providing compassionate, whole-person care to individuals with complex and challenging health conditions. The NP will work with our multidisciplinary team to care for underhoused and rough sleeping residents Kalamazoo County. The successful candidate will have with clinical experience in primary care, psychiatry, and/or addiction medicine and be a strong advocate for vulnerable patients and for systems that improve the health of all/are low barrier.

• Assessment and treatment of acute and chronic physical and mental health conditions individuals of all ages in community-based settings.
• Perform field-based primary care services, including preventive care, management of chronic diseases, wound care, management of substance use disorder, and management of mental health concerns.
• Responsible for providing treatment and care for patients seen by Street Medicine Kalamazoo in a trauma-informed and compassionate manner.
• Comfort with and/or willingness to learn about management and treatment of substance use disorder and mental health concerns.
• Able to perform and/or willing to learn minor outpatient clinical procedures, including phlebotomy, administration of intramuscular injections, incision and drainage, skin biopsy, etc.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Monitors the effectiveness of all treatments and interventions.
• Responsible for the documentation of patient care per clinic standards.
• Acquires knowledge for new technology and policy/procedure revisions.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings. Assists with hospital consults for unhoused patients and facilitates discharge planning.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
• Maintains continuing educational unit credits as required for license.
• Availability to work occasionally on weekends and evenings to complete time sensitive projects.
• Attends and participates in weekly and monthly street medicine meetings.
• All other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: 

• Bachelor of Science, Nursing, from an accredited institution, required.
• Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, required.
• Minimum 2 years clinical experience in primary care, addiction medicine, and/or psychiatry preferred.
• Experience working in home visiting programs preferred.
• Expereince with wound care preferred.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERETIFICATIONS: 

• Licensed in the State of Michigan as a Nurse Practitioner or eligible to become licensed in the State of Michigan as a Nurse Practitioner required.
• Michigan Controlled Substance License is required.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: 

• Knowledge and proficiency in working with the Electronic Health Record system (Epic and Cerner).
• Knowledge and proficiency in word processing and file management using Microsoft Office, Outlook and other software as required by the department.
• Knowledge and proficiency in grammar and spelling skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with others verbally and in writing.
• Ability to interpret, comprehend, and transmit complicated and detailed instructions accurately.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize priorities in organization of work flow.
• Able to perform duties independently, with a minimal need for direct supervision.

About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)

We are committed to excellence and health equity through transformative medical education, high-quality, patient- and family-centered care, innovative research, and community partnerships within a welcoming, supportive, and engaging culture. Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.

The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems, Ascension Borgess and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. WMed is the recipient of a $100 million foundational gift and the Empowering Futures Gift, a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school. WMed contributes to the economic vitality of Southwest Michigan through the services we provide, as well as the creation of 1,600 new jobs, with an estimated annual economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

WMed is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher Learning Commission. The medical school offers a comprehensive, innovative four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program as well as a Master of Science degree program in Biomedical Sciences. We train physicians in 10 residencies and four fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support our educational mission, we have Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek areas. Faculty in the Department of Pathology serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, faculty and administrative offices, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed builds upon Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery.

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