PRN Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Iowa Primary Care Association; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 56,826 - 80,934; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly compensation

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

A healthcare organization seeks a PRN Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide primary care to migrant farmworkers in Iowa City, IA. Responsibilities include traveling to job sites, conducting health histories, and performing physical exams. Candidates must be licensed NPs or PAs in Iowa. The role involves evening hours starting between 4-5 PM with a flexible schedule. The position offers hourly pay at $50 and mileage reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in Iowa.
• Experience in primary care preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish is strongly desired.

Responsibilities

• Travel to farmworker job sites and provide primary care services via a mobile clinic.
• Perform primary care including health histories and physicals.
• Diagnose and determine course of action within scope of practice.

Skills

Bilingual in Spanish

Primary care services

Conduct health histories

Education

Licensed Nurse Practitioner in Iowa

Licensed Physician Assistant in Iowa

Tools

Ochin Epic

Job description

Overview

DescriptionThe Iowa Primary Care Association is actively recruiting a PRN Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide care for a migrant farmworker clinic program in Iowa City, IA!

About The Migrant Farmworker Program

• Farmworkers perform difficult labor and are in the fields from early morning until late evening, sometimes seven days a week. Such a schedule does not facilitate access to health care services. There are also language barriers and transportation issues.
• Health care clinics are scheduled in locations where farmworkers are working and living, during the hours when workers are available for services. In these locations, workers receive vital exams such as blood pressure, temperature, height and weight, and blood profiling to check for anemia, cholesterol, and diabetes. All patients are able to have a complete physical exam.

Take advantage of this unique to opportunity provide healthcare to the migrant farm workers of Iowa!

Role Details

• Hours: Evenings starting between 4-5PM; Frequency could be once a month or once a week depending on availability; Day of the week is flexible; Typically 4 hours of clinic + charting time
• EHR: Ochin Epic

Duties

• Travel to farmworker job sites and provide primary care services via a mobile clinic.
• Perform primary care including conduct health histories and physicals, diagnose, determine course of action, order labs and tests, interpret results within scope of practice.
• Primarily adult patient population.
• Bilingual in Spanish strongly desired.

Benefits

• Hourly compensation, $50/hour
• Mileage reimbursement

Requirements

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner in the state of Iowa
• or Licensed Physician Assistant in the state of Iowa.