NURSE PRACTITIONER - PRIMARY CARE

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The Nurse Practitioner provides high quality advanced nursing care in accordance with professional regulatory standards and within the scope of the nurse practitioner license. This role provides multidisciplinary care providing patient evaluations and assessments, patient education, interventions, and documents plan of care. Requests physician consultations and multidisciplinary consults. Recognizes that ethical/legal/medical dilemmas exist in the nursing practice, and confers with the appropriate resources and staff when making ethical decisions. May work as an independent provider and/or under indirect supervision of a supervising physician. May see all and treat a variety of age populations. Depending on area, may work different hours, weekends and holidays. May require on-call time. Privileges granted by the Medical Staff Department can include arranging admission and transfer of patients, performing and dictating exams, history and physicals, rounding on assigned patients and writing progress notes with plan of care, and dictating discharge summary. Also may furnish medications (nonnarcotic) and durable medical equipment (DME), controlled substances III, IV, V with appropriate licensure/certification, and controlled substances II with appropriate licensure/certification. May order blood products, laboratory tests, radiological, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and neurological studies, oxygen therapy, respiratory treatment, and pulmonary tests. May perform drain and suture removal. May order and administer medications and IV therapy with the ability to assess and adjust appropriate dosing. Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Education and Experience: 

Master's in Nursing (MSN) or DNP required. Completion of proctoring by Medical Staff Office. Advanced clinical knowledge and skills in the care and management of patients. Additional department specific requirements are as follows:

*Breast Care & Imaging: 3 years' experience in Women's Health or Adult Oncology as a nurse/NP or equivalent. Advanced clinical knowledge in personalized cancer risk assessment. Training or education in genetics, bilingual or multilingual preferred. *Cardiac Admin: Experience in adult/geriatric cardiovascular care. Experience in cardiovascular data collection preferred. *Emergency Dept: Experience in psychiatric/mental health. Endoscopy/Surgical Center for Digestive Diseases: Experience in adult/geriatric care, ambulatory, and/or inpatient care preferred. *HMG - PRIMARY CARE: Experience in Family or Internal Medicine and/or adolescent/adult/geriatric care preferred. *HMG - Urgent Care: Urgent care/ER experience or 3 years of Family Medicine as a NP preferred. Comfortable working as a single provider and seeing patient of all ages. Proficient in basic procedures frequently performed in an urgent care setting. ***MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. Orthopedic Institute: Experience in Orthopedics and/or recent adult/geriatric acute care preferred. *Neuro/Oncology Clinic: Experience as a Nurse/NP in Adult Oncology/Neurology or equivalent education and experience. Bilingual or multilingual and/or clinical trial experience preferred. *Neuroscience: 2 years' recent experience as a NP, preferably in an ambulatory and acute healthcare environment or experience in Neuroscience. Bilingual or multilingual preferred. *Nuclear Medicine: Advanced clinical knowledge and skills in medical management of cardiovascular patients. *Palliative Care: 2 years' advance practice nursing experience, including prescribing experience, in relevant area. Experience in adult/geriatric care preferred. Advanced knowledge and assessment skills in Palliative Care preferred
 

Licensed Required: 

Current license in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner in California Furnishing license issued by the State of California and personal DEA number (For all areas other than Breast Center).

 

Certifications Required: 

BLS required. National board certification as Nurse Practitioner in area of specialty required (except Outpatient Oncology).

Additional department specific requirements are as follows:

*Cardiac Administration: ACLS required. DEA: DEA License, NPF: Nurse Practitioner Furnisher *Emergency Department: ACLS required. *Endoscopy/Surgical Center for Digestive Diseases: ACLS required. *HMG - PRIMARY CARE: ACLS REQUIRED. *HMG - Urgent Care: National Certificate in area of specialty required. ***MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. Orthopedic Institute: Completion of an ECG course and testing or equivalency required. *Neuro/Oncology Clinic: ACLS required. ONS certification preferred. *Neuroscience: ACLS required. *Nuclear Medicine: ACLS required. *Palliative Care: ACLS required. *Infusion Centers: ACLS required. DEA: DEA License, NPF: Nurse Practitioner Furnisher
 

Certifications Preferred: 

**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. Orthopedic Institute: Orthopedic Nurse Certification preferred

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