Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

La Clinica de La Raza•Oakland, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, accessible health care to diverse communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant provides comprehensive outpatient primary care to an ethnically diverse and medically complex patient population, with the goal of improving health outcomes and delivering an exceptional patient experience. The position is part of a collaborative, cross-functional care team and may include mentorship, quality initiatives, and preceptorships. La Clínica supports continued provider education and offers an NP incubator program for new graduates. The provider delivers routine, acute, urgent, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative care; manages and educates a panel of patients; coordinates referrals and follow-up; and prescribes medications and orders diagnostic or clinical tests. The role includes chronic disease care, telephone triage, patient counseling, and home assessments when appropriate. Providers collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary colleagues on complex cases, chart reviews, case conferences, and care delivery improvements. The position may involve evening and Saturday clinic rotations and supervision of medical assistants through patient consultation as needed.

Requirements

Current BLS (Basic Life Support) certificate; a 30-day grace period from the date of hire is provided to obtain it.
Board certification is required; candidates hired without it must become board certified within six months of employment.
Valid California license and DEA registration.
Nurse Practitioner applicants must hold a current California Board of Registered Nursing license, national certification from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or another national certifying body, and a certificate of completion from a Nurse Practitioner program.
Nurse Practitioner applicants must have a minimum of two years of clinical experience.
Physician Assistant applicants must hold a current license from the California Physician Assistant Committee, graduate from an approved primary health care program as attested to by the American Medical Association, and have passed a certification examination administered by the Bureau of Medical Quality Assurance.
Physician Assistant applicants must have a minimum of two years of full-time clinical experience after clinical practicum, with emphasis in family medicine or geriatrics.
Knowledge and experience with electronic health record programs such as NextGen or Epic.
Thorough knowledge of evidence-based care.
Cultural competence working in diverse and low-income communities.
Familiarity with electronic panel management.
Strong interpersonal competence with staff and patients.
Ability to deal courteously and effectively with complex patient profiles and maintain good working relationships with staff.
Physical stamina to perform duties involving heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work effectively as a team member, work independently, exercise good judgment, and communicate orally and in writing with minimal supervision.
Ability and willingness to work under pressure as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Flexibility and ability to accept changes gracefully.
Ability to work across cultures and support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Strong time-management skills and evidence-based approaches to medical care.

Nice To Haves

English/Spanish proficiency is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Provide medical triage, medical care management, patient education, and counseling to a panel of patients.
Refer patients to specialty providers and follow up to ensure their biopsychosocial needs are addressed.
Deliver evidence-based care to improve health outcomes, patient experience, and efficient use of resources.
Perform routine, acute, urgent, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative medical care and determine appropriate treatment regimens.
Participate in primary care, chronic illness care, urgent care, and telephone triage as a member of the cross-functional provider team.
Prescribe medications, treatments, or therapies and order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
Provide well and chronic disease care with cultural humility to a diverse patient population of all ages.
Develop positive rapport with patients and families and adapt care to meet patients’ needs.
Participate in evening and Saturday rotation clinics.
Conduct in-home patient assessments when appropriate.
Consult with providers on assessment, management, and treatment of complicated cases, including chart review, co-signing, and case conferences.
Consult with physicians on specific cases as needed and according to protocol.
Suggest improvements to clinic flow, patient scheduling, and service delivery.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, including providers, health educators, medical assistants, registered nurses, and case managers.
Supervise medical assistants by providing patient consultation as needed.
Maintain accurate and clear patient records.