Acupuncturist

About the Role

Under the direction and supervision of the Sub-Chief of Physical Medicine, utilizes acupuncture to stimulate certain points on or near the surface of the body by the insertion of needles to prevent or modify the perception of pain or to normalize physiological functions. May perform or prescribe the use of oriental massage, acupressure, breathing techniques, exercise or nutrition, including the incorporation of drugless substances and herbs as dietary supplements to promote health.

Responsibilities

• Provides medically necessary acupuncture, consults, assessments, and treatments when requested/authorized by family physicians/specialists.
• Provides an accurate diagnosis, supported by medical findings based on standardized examination and techniques generally accepted by the medical community, including TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Western diagnostic techniques.
• Produces complete, accurate, uniform, and replicable examinations.
• Provides quality treatment to cure or relieve the medical condition causing the patient's complaint.
• Documents all treatments and patient responses to acupuncture therapy on the patient's chart.
• When working in the Workers' Compensation system, states an opinion on whether anatomic loss, functional loss, and physical complaints of the patient are work-related, and writes a comprehensive medical report describing the degree of injury consistent with Workers' Compensation terminology and requirements.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school and completion of four academic years of education with a minimum of 1,548 hours of theory, including:
  • Biology, organic biochemistry, physics, psychology, anatomy and physiology, pathology, nutrition, and vitamins (400 hours).
  • History of medicine, medical terminology (30 hours).
  • Clinical sciences such as internal medicine, pharmacology, neurology, surgery, and clinical medicine including dentistry, nursing, chiropractic, and homeopathy; Western pharmacology (varies).
  • Tai Chi, Chi Kung, traditional Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis, needling techniques, and acupressure (660 hours).
  • Herbology (300 hours including botany).
  • Practice management and ethics (30 hours).
  • 800 hours of clinical training.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Qualifications

• Acupuncturist License (California).
• National Provider Identifier required at hire.
• Basic Life Support certification.

Schedule

• Shift: Day
• Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
• Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
• Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
• Job Schedule: Call-in/On-Call

Pay

$66.69 - $70.62 / hour

Location

Vallejo Hospital, Vallejo, California. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Work setting: Onsite.