Float Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

pp-la; Lawndale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles is seeking full-time Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, or Certified Nurse Midwives to serve diverse patients across Carson Health Center, South LA Region, and additional LA County sites.

The Clinician will perform examinations, diagnoses, treatment, education, and counseling, with emphasis on reproductive health and cancer screening, while collaborating with licensed and non-licensed staff to deliver high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Licensure as NP, PA, or CNM in California.
• Experience in reproductive health preferred.
• Ability to perform pelvic/gyn exams and STI screening.

Responsibilities

• Provide examinations, diagnose, treat, educate and counsel patients.
• Perform physical exams including reproductive system and cancer screening.
• Serve as medical resource for licensed and non-licensed staff.

Skills

Clinical skills

Communication

Customer service

Team collaboration

Job description

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles is seeking highly skilled full-time Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, or Certified Nurse Midwives with great communication skills, clinical skills and a strong emphasis on excellent customer service to see our increasing, diverse patient population within our Carson Health Center and South LA Region floating to our Lakewood, South Bay/Lawndale and our two Long Beach Health Centers (plus, additional sites within LA County as needed).

The full-time Clinician will join the Patient Services team and provide quality patient care including examinations, diagnosis, treatment, education, counseling, and serve as a medical resource for other licensed and non-licensed staff. Perform physical exams for both males and females with special emphasis on the reproductive system, including breast examination, pelvic examination, male genital exam, cancer screening tests, diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections, Mid-Life Services counseling, examinations and other types of more specialized procedures as indicated by medical policy.

Over one hundred years ago, Planned Parenthood was founded on the idea that everyone should have the information and care they need to live strong, healthy lives and fulfill their dreams. Founded 57+ years ago, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles is one of the largest providers of reproductive health care services in Los Angeles County. The Planned Parenthood Los Angeles (PPLA) team works together to provide high-quality, affordable reproductive health care to women, men, and young people across Los Angeles County. At PPLA, you will discover a culture of like-minded individuals who are eager to make positive contributions to their community and to the Planned Parenthood mission.

Compensation Philosophy and Position Hiring Range: At Planned Parenthood Los Angeles we continuously work towards our value of "we respect and honor all people", which also relates to our compensation philosophy. PPLA recognizes that decisions about pay, and benefits have significant impact on staff, so we are committed to ensuring all positions are rooted in a description that identifies competencies, duties, responsibilities, and qualifications, and that they are compensated equitably which considers both internal organizational equity and market compensation data for similar roles.

Equal Employment Opportunity will be afforded to all applicants and other covered persons without regard to protected characteristics, including their perceived protected characteristic. Protected categories include: race (including traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hair styles such as, braids, locs, and twists as examples but not exhaustive list), color, religion or religious creed (including religious belief, observation, practice, dress, and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/chestfeeding, or related medical conditions), reproductive health decision‑making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status (including past, current or prospective service in the uniformed service), and any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PPLA will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with the requirements of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.