Nurse Practitioner

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.

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.

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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.