Nurse Practitioner

Native American Health Center; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Native American Health Center in Oakland, CA is seeking a Nurse Practitioner (N120) to join the Medical Department. You will deliver comprehensive primary, preventive, chronic and urgent care as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Under the supervision of the Chief Medical Officer, you will provide high-quality care, document in the EHR within 72 hours, and support quality improvement initiatives while engaging members in their health decisions and care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary care to members, including histories, exams, lab tests, prescriptions and referrals within prescribed up to date guidelines and protocols.
• Perform accurate and timely documentation of histories, subjective findings and physical exam, plans, prescriptions and follow up in Electronic Health Records System within 72 hours of the visit.
• Provide members information concerning their evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis; engage members in participation and decisions involving their healthcare.
• Coordinate timely care among internal and external providers and hospitals to ensure high quality care between departments and facilities.
• Participate in an integrative model of medicine, collaborating with Nutritionists, LCSWs, and other team members.
• Ensure completion of medication refills and related administrative tasks within five working days.

Job description

POSITION: Nurse Practitioner (N120)

DEPARTMENT: Medical

RERORTS TO: Medical Director

LOCATION: 2950 International Blvd. Oakland, CA 94601

Native American Health Center (NAHC)

WORK HOURS: Full-Time, 80%-100% FTE, 32-40 hours per week

STATUS: Non-Union, Exempt

Position Summary

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Medical Officer or designee, provide high quality medical care and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver comprehensive primary, preventive, chronic and urgent care to NAHC’s members.

The Native American Health Center is an accredited institution and adheres to the standards of excellence set forth by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and the Commission of Dental Accreditation (CODA).

Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide primary care to members, including histories, exams, lab tests, prescriptions and referrals within prescribed up to date guidelines and protocols.
• Perform accurate and timely documentation of histories, subjective findings physical exam, plans, prescriptions and follow up in Electronic Health Records System within 72 hours of the visit.
• Provide members information concerning their evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Engage members in participation and decisions involving their healthcare.
• Adhere to medical visit model of NAHC; managing huddles, proactive in teaching MA’s, seeing members on time, communicating with supervisors any barriers to this. Actively participate and be engaged in quality improvement for clinic efficiencies and improving member quality of care.
• Timely coordination of care among internal and external ancillary providers and hospitals to provide high quality care between departments and facilities.
• Function within an interdisciplinary team and participate in interdisciplinary activities such as panel management and case conferences.
• Report births, deaths, and outbreaks of diseases to proper authorities.
• Participate in the integrative model of providing medicine. This includes referring members and co-managing members with Nutritionists, LCSWs, etc.
• Ensure completion of medication refills, provider approval queue, inbox items, medical record approval and member forms within five (5) working days.
• Be an active educator of medical team members, including Nurse Practitioners, Medical Assistants, Nurses, and other integrative services team members.
• Facilitate group interventions around site-driven topic areas to build capacity (i.e. obesity interventions, LGBTQ youth, etc.) as needed.
• School Based Health Centers: If assigned to school-based clinics the following duties apply:
• Conduct classroom and community presentations on a variety of health topics as part of outreach efforts to expand clinic services.
• Provide case management and PCP communication for students who have chronic health issues who are outside our health network.
• Communicate with parents at the middle school level regarding their child's non-confidential health issues and provide instructions for care.
• Develop conference abstracts and proposals and present best practices at local, state and national SBHC conferences as requested.
• Support Seven Directions clinic with special projects as assigned.
• Implement quality improvement initiatives and track outcomes to improve services.
• Attend regularly scheduled site meetings with clinic and school staff to coordinate screenings and activities.
• Work closely with BH site counselor, dentist and health educator to ensure integrated, seamless services for identified youth.
• Actively participate in creating solutions to increase access and build sustainability.
• Work collaboratively with, and support the activities of the clinical data team, ensuring optimal accuracy and performance on clinical outcome measures.
• Quality Improvement: Actively participate in internal quality improvement teams and work with members proactively to drive quality improvement initiatives in accordance with the mission and strategic goals of the organization, federal and state laws and regulations, and accreditation standards, when assigned.
• Must maintain compliance with ergonomic safety standards; be mindful posture and regularly practice ergonomic stretches.
• Member Care: Demonstrate understanding and apply working knowledge of safety policies and ensuring safe member practices.
• Safety: Responsible for ensuring that all duties, responsibilities and operations are performed with the utmost regard for the safety and health of all personnel involved, including themselves.
• Safety: Take appropriate corrective actions to address matters pertaining to employee health and safety that have been brought to their attention.
• Works extremely well under pressure, meet multiple and often competing deadlines.
• At all times demonstrate cooperative behavior with supervisors, subordinates, colleagues, clients and the community.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Scope of Work

• Be able to see between 16-22 members per day, and complete accurate documentation within 72 hours of visit into the electronic health record (EHR) system.
• Be able to complete medical refills, member approval queue, inbox, medical records approval and member forms within five (5) working days.
• To work as medical team assisting other providers in completing their responsibilities as necessary, e.g., seeing members, processing refills, clearing member approval queue, and provider inbox.
• Effectively manage a member panel up to the goal set by the organization.
• Display the highest level of professionalism, integrity and strong work ethics, serving as a model for all clinic staff.
• Maintain requirements of licensure, DEA certification and board certification if hired as board certified. Fulfill and maintain requirements for credentialing, privileging internally at NAHC and externally with payers and regulatory bodies.
• Provide comprehensive, high-quality medical services to members, regardless of age, sex, gender identification, income, national origin or language.
• Consider individuals’ cultural, psychological, social and environmental factors in creating treatment/care plans.
• Actively participate in meetings as assigned by direct supervisor.
• Participate in trainings of other medical personnel as requested.

Participate in Saturday clinics, after-hour clinics and on-call duties, on a rotating basis, as requested by Supervisor.