Job Summary: 

The Nurse Practitioner, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary primary healthcare team, is responsible for providing comprehensive care to patients with acute or chronic medical conditions. The NP demonstrates a high degree of clinical expertise in working with patients with acute and chronic illnesses or acute injuries commonly encountered in both the pediatric and adult patient population. The Nurse Practitioner demonstrates an advanced level of medical clinical knowledge, communication and interdisciplinary collaboration, professionalism and systems-based practice. Provides healthcare to students at a local educational facility.  

Licensure and Certification:

• Must have active CA RN licensure
• Advanced NP board certification through ANCC or AANP.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse designation as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
• Possession of active NPI and DEA numbers.
• Current BLS provider card through American Heart Association required

Education:

• Master’s degree (MSN) or Doctorate (DNP) required from an accredited nursing program.

Experience:

• 3-5 Years of experience required as an NP

Knowledge and Skills:

• Must be proficient with medical instruments and equipment required by the work.
• Knowledge of computer-based data management programs and information systems, as well as medical records and point-of-interview technology.
• Ability to communicate effectively, in verbal and written form, with retail and medical partners at various levels, patients, family members, physicians and representatives of the community.
• Sound understanding of all federal and state regulations including HIPAA and OSHA.
• Experience providing primary care as a family nurse practitioner.
• Knowledge of disease prevention.

Physical Demands – Patient Care:

• Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
• Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
• Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
• Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
• Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
• Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.