Full-time NURSE PRACTITIONER (NPs) needed.

Within our pain management clinic, a physician assistant and a nurse practitioner will deliver specialty-level care in an outpatient setting. Working in a collaborative, team atmosphere, you will use advanced decision-making skills and knowledge to support optimal patient outcomes.

Responsibilities include assisting with patient care, diagnosis, treatments, and consultations, as well as referring patients to our specialty pain management clinic.

Schedule: Full Time

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Document all patient encounters and sign medical charts within 72 hours as per industry standards and guidelines.
• Develop a treatment plan as part of the patient's overall care plan that addresses dysfunction and disease while minimizing risk of further injury.
• Prescribe and dispense medication when granted authority in accordance with State licensure and staff privileges.
• Employ evidence-based approaches to shared decision-making that respect the patient’s preferences and social norms while targeting optimal treatment outcomes.
• Order therapies such as occupational and physical therapy.
• May perform injections consistent with training and privileges under established protocols.
• Encourage patients to take control and responsibility of their health through self-management and use of community resources.
• Engage patients and provide care in individual and group settings that focus on achieving care plan goals and education.
• Care for a medically complex and emotionally challenging patient population that requires compassion, empathy, and the ability to de-escalate and appropriately react to unacceptable behavior in individual and group settings.
• Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Participate in a multidisciplinary team to develop, execute, monitor, and adjust comprehensive and coordinated care plans that include shared goals with measurable outcomes.
• Assess and document patient health through interviews, examinations, observations, and review of medical histories.
• Diagnose health conditions, order and interpret lab work and diagnostic studies following established protocols.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Certified or licensed in California as a Physician Assistant or as a Family Nurse Practitioner; and a graduate of a NCCPA, FNP program.
• A. or B.S.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE OF AND ABILITY TO:

• Knowledge of general and specific medical diagnoses and treatments, especially for children and adolescents; problem-oriented recording; pharmaceutical treatments; health education methods and techniques, and referral resources within the community in order to provide comprehensive treatment.
• Knowledge of primary, acute, and chronic healthcare management; basic laboratory work.
• Ability to complete written records in a timely fashion.
• Ability to communicate with children and adolescents; provide group and individual health teaching and counseling in order to provide high-quality physical and emotional support to patients.
• Ability to respond well to emergencies in a stressful environment; handle potentially volatile situations in a calm, decisive manner, and to recognize when consultation is needed

Pay and Benefits:

• Professional liability insurance.
• Employee assistance program for mental health support.
• Minimal paperwork.
• Full caseload for a busy and fulfilling schedule.
• 120k-130k/year.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.

Join our company and let us help everyone with our specific expertise! This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a well-established, long-standing group while focusing on outpatient care only.