Nurse Practitioner (50337)

Bay Area Community Health; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 192,000; Part time

Job summary

Bay Area Community Health invites applications for a part-time Nurse Practitioner position at the Mowry II Clinic in Fremont, CA. The NP will perform comprehensive assessments, diagnose and manage care, and coordinate with physicians as required.

Qualifications include a CA RN license, NP national certification, and a minimum of two years of clinical NP experience. Day shifts with a focus on school-based and primary care services are expected.

Qualifications

• Current license from the California Board of Registered Nursing and a national NP certification, plus completion of an NP program.
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience as a Nurse Practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and record patient health history and perform comprehensive physical examinations.
• Diagnose, treat, and plan care for school-based, women's, family planning, and primary care patients; refer when needed.
• Prescribe medications within specialty, and perform and interpret lab tests.

Education

Nurse Practitioner licensure (CA RN)

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Mowry ll Clinic - Fremont, CA 94538, Position Type: Part Time, Education Level: Graduate Degree, Salary Range: $165,880.00 - $192,296.00 Salary, Job Shift: Day, Job Category: Health Care, Overall Summary:

Essential Responsibilities

Under the general direction of the Clinical Director the Nurse Practitioner performs a variety of complex, professional, analytical, and confidential medical services. Duties include:

• Obtains and records client's health history; performs comprehensive physical assessment (including biological, social and psychological needs) as part of a total physical examination.
• Diagnoses, treats and plans appropriate health care for clients in the area of school based health care, women's health care, family planning, and primary care as appropriate for specialists; refers clients to physicians and/or outside agencies as required.
• Provides and prescribes medications within area of specialty.
• Performs laboratory procedures and interprets lab test results.
• Provides case management services for select clients.
• Provides group, individual and community education classes on birth control methods, sexually transmitted diseases and other health concerns.
• Establishes and maintains client’s electronic medical records and other necessary records.
• Provides in-service education classes on assigned responsibilities for nursing staff.
• Performs other nursing duties as assigned.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Other duties as assigned.
• Assume general administration duties including fax, filing, copying, etc.
• Attend webinars, workshops, training and/or meetings as requested by the Clinical Director.
• Perform special project research and data collection activities as requested by Clinical Director; analyze and interpret data, and prepare reports.
• Coordinate special staff events and prepares and distributes promotional flyers for such events.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Problem Solving
• Ethics Organizational Support
• Professionalism
• Quality, Quantity
• Safety and Security
• Adaptability, Dependability, InitiativeQualifications: Qualifications:

Education

Nurse Practitioner: Requires a current license from the California Board of Registered Nursing, a national certification from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or other national certifying bodies, and a certificate of completion of a Nurse Practitioner Program with a minimum of 2 years clinical experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Work Conditions

Travel locally to visit other sites, may require a day or overnight trip to attend events; workload may be demanding at times; require professionalism and confidentiality.

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Supervises

None