Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Primary Care Providers: Health Advocates Delivering Patient-Centered Care

La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center dedicated to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care to the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. We advocate for and create a health home for those denied access to care, focusing on holistic care that addresses economic and social factors affecting health.

Major Areas of Responsibility

• Provide medical triage of patients, medical care management, and patient education and counseling to a panel of patients.
• Make referrals to specialty providers and follow-up to ensure patients' bio-psychosocial needs are addressed.
• Deliver evidenced-based care that supports improved health outcomes, exceptional patient experience, and efficient use of resources.
• Perform routine, acute, urgent, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative medical care to patients and determine appropriate regimens.
• Serve as a member of the cross-functional team of providers, engaging in routine and preventive primary care, care for chronic illnesses, urgent care, and telephone triage.
• Prescribe medications, treatments, or therapies and order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
• Collaborate with physicians on the management, assessment, and treatment of specific cases as needed, and per protocol.
• Suggest improvements for clinic flow, patient scheduling, and service delivery, and collaborate professionally with interdisciplinary team members, including providers, health educators, medical assistants, registered nurses, and case managers.
• Supervise medical assistants by providing patient consultation as needed.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Knowledge and experience with Electronic Health Record programs, such as NextGen or Epic.
• High degree of interpersonal competence with both staff and patients, and thorough knowledge of evidence-based care.
• Cultural competence working in diverse/low-income communities.
• Familiarity with Electronic Panel Management.
• Physical stamina to function effectively in a position involving heavy lifting (50lbs).
• Ability to work courteously and effectively as a team member, support quality/efficiency standards, work independently, communicate effectively orally and in writing, and make and thorough records of patient information.
• Top-notch time management skills and evidence-based approaches to medical care.
• English/Spanish proficiency preferred but not required.

Experience and Other Certifications

• Must hold a current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate.
• Requires board certification.
• In the absence of a board certification, candidate must become board certified within 6 months of employment with La Clinica.
• Requires valid California license and DEANurse 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.
• Physician Assistant: Requires a current license from the California Physician Assistant Committee, graduation from an approved program of instruction in primary health care as attested by the American Medical Association, having passed a certification examination administered by the Bureau of Medical Quality Assurance, and a minimum of two years of full-time clinical experience after clinical practicum with emphasis in the areas of family medicine or geriatrics.

Salary

$66.25-$78.75 DOE