What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner position at APLA Health?
Job Details
Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Medical Director, the nurse practitioner will provide primary medical care services.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide primary medical care for adult patients at APLA Health at its medical clinic in Long Beach and other clinical sites as needed.
- Conduct histories and physical exams on patients
- Orders, interprets and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients’ clinical problems and health care needs
- Establishes treatment plans, administers, furnishes or recommends medications
- Documents gathered information in medical record as required by policies and completes charting within 48 hours of a clinical encounter
- Provides health maintenance and preventative care according to quality evidence based standards and protocols related to contractual obligations
- Participates in chart review and quality assurance activities as part of APLA Health Quality Management Program
- Follow APLA Health PrEP and PEP protocols for qualified patients
- Provide medical management for transgender patients, including hormone therapy management
- Evaluate and treat patients presenting for sexually transmitted infection testing in accordance with protocols.
- Provide primary care services for HIV positive persons based on expert guidelines
- The NP will be expected to see 14 or more patients per full clinic day. The NP will have administrative time amounting to 10% of the work week.
- Other clinic duties may include telephone and in person triage, seeing same-day or walk in patients, and providing injection treatments
OTHER DUTIES MAY BE ASSIGNED TO MEET BUSINESS NEEDS.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS:
Training and Experience:
Possession of a valid California Nurse Practitioner license with no pending or previous disciplinary action from any state licensing entity. Minimum 1 year experience managing primary care patients preferred. Must possess a current, RN, NP Furnishing and DEA license and BLS/CPR certificate. Must be eligible to participate in Medicare, Medi-Cal, F-PACT and other federal health programs. Experience working with electronic health records required, eClinicalWorks preferred. Bilingual English-Spanish is a plus.
Knowledge of:
Experience with management of HIV positive persons and/or LGBTQIA persons preferred.
Ability to:
On-call duties by phone only are required.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
This is primarily an office position that requires only occasional bending, reaching, stooping, lifting and moving of office materials weighing 25 pounds or less. The position requires daily use of a personal computer and requires entering, viewing, and revising text and graphics on the computer terminal and on paper.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must possess a valid California driver’s license; proof of auto liability insurance; and have the use of a personal vehicle for work related purposes.
COVID vaccination and booster required or medical/religious exemption.
Equal Opportunity Employer: minority/female/transgender/disability/veteran
Salary : $118,311 - $158,800
