(Advanced Practitioner) NP or PA - Digestive Health (Full-Time, Days)

Enloe Health•Chico, CA

About The Position

Enloe Health is hiring an Advanced Practitioner, open to both Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, for Digestive Health. The role provides and coordinates direct patient care and may include diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventative healthcare services as delegated by a physician. Depending on the professional track, the practitioner works under the direction of the Medical Director and supervising physician, and for an NP, potentially the Nurse Manager. The practitioner provides patient care and education, demonstrates Enloe Medical Center’s core values, and serves as a role model to other employees. The position is full-time, day shift, with 10-hour shifts and variable days off; it is listed as 80 hours per pay period. Compensation is $71.36–$96.33, based on applicable experience, with a $10,000 sign-on bonus. For the PA track, the practitioner may act as a first assistant to the supervising surgeon and reports to a Supervisor/Manager on employee and employer matters related to departmental and organizational operations. For the NP track, the practitioner is a registered nurse with additional clinical and didactic education, clinically competent in physical diagnosis and psychosocial assessment, and manages health-illness needs while providing direct care and education to patients, families, students, and nursing staff. Enloe Health describes itself as a Level II Trauma Center in Northern California, offering a full array of medical services and emphasizing compassionate, person-centered care, human connection, mutual support, collaboration, and purpose.

Requirements

For the PA track: graduate from a PA educational program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for Physician Assistants (or predecessor agency), or hold current NCCPA certification.
For the NP track: graduate from a Nurse Practitioner program.
For the PA track: current California Physician Assistant license.
For the PA track: NCCPA certification if not a graduate of an accredited ARC PA educational program.
Current AHA-HCP CPR recognition.
Current ACLS recognition; for the NP track, ACLS recognition is required within six months of hire.
DEA number or proof of application.
Credentialing through the Enloe Medical Staff Office and Finance Office.
For the NP track: current licensure with the California Board of Registered Nursing and current California Board of Registered Nursing licensure as a Nurse Practitioner.
For the NP track: current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner Furnisher with the California Board of Registered Nursing, or proof of application within 12 months of hire.
For the NP track: meet Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services criteria to bill Medicare.
Confidence and experience working independently with diverse patient populations and experience accessing specialty referrals and community resources.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
Ability to lead, motivate, delegate, analyze information, and solve problems.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
Behavior reflective of Enloe Medical Center core values.

Nice To Haves

Recent experience appropriate to the clinical area where practice will occur.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate direct patient care.
Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventative healthcare services as delegated by a physician (PA track).
May act as a first assistant to the supervising surgeon (PA track).
Provide direct patient care and education to patients, families, students, and nursing staff (NP track).
Perform physical diagnosis, psychosocial assessment, and management of health-illness needs (NP track).
Demonstrate Enloe Medical Center core values and serve as a role model to other employees.
For the PA track, report to a Supervisor/Manager regarding employee/employer issues involving departmental and organizational operations.