Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care

CareMore Health•Montebello, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides comprehensive advanced practice primary care services for patients across the lifespan in ambulatory and community-based care settings. Evaluates, diagnoses, and manages acute and chronic medical conditions through evidence-based assessment, preventive care, health screenings, medication management, patient education, and long-term disease management. Promotes wellness and disease prevention while collaborating with physicians and interdisciplinary care teams to improve health outcomes, enhance care coordination, and deliver high-quality, patient-centered primary care. The Nurse Practitioner, General / Primary Care practices independently within the advanced practice provider scope, making clinical decisions for routine and moderately complex cases and escalating beyond-scope matters to collaborating physicians. Decisions are made with minimal supervision under the physician collaboration model.

Requirements

Advanced practice provider scope
Physician collaboration model
Comprehensive history
Physical examination
Diagnostic interpretation
Evidence-based clinical decision-making
Medication management
Preventive services
Lifestyle counseling
Health promotion
Immunizations
Treatment outcomes monitoring
Hypertension management
Diabetes mellitus management
Hyperlipidemia management
Asthma management
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management
Obesity management
Thyroid disorders management
Depression management
Anxiety management
Musculoskeletal conditions management
Infectious diseases management
Ordering laboratory studies
Performing laboratory studies
Interpreting laboratory studies
Ordering diagnostic imaging
Performing diagnostic imaging
Interpreting diagnostic imaging
Ordering point-of-care testing
Performing point-of-care testing
Interpreting point-of-care testing
Ordering electrocardiograms
Performing electrocardiograms
Interpreting electrocardiograms
Performing office-based procedures
Minor wound care
Skin lesion management
Joint injections
Incision and drainage
Annual wellness visits
Preventive screenings
Health risk assessments
Chronic care management
Transitional care management
Age-appropriate preventive services
Recognizing changes in patient condition
Identifying complex clinical presentations
Coordinating referrals to specialty care
Coordinating referrals to behavioral health
Coordinating referrals to community resources
Coordinating referrals to ancillary services
Collaboration with physicians
Collaboration with nurses
Collaboration with pharmacists
Collaboration with care managers
Collaboration with behavioral health providers
Collaboration with social workers
Patient education
Caregiver education
Documenting patient encounters
Documenting medical decision-making
Documenting procedures
Documenting treatment plans
Documenting quality measures
Documenting clinical outcomes
Electronic health record usage
Participating in quality improvement initiatives
Participating in population health programs
Participating in patient safety activities
Participating in clinical pathway development
Continuing professional development

Responsibilities

Evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients presenting with acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs through comprehensive history, physical examination, diagnostic interpretation, and evidence-based clinical decision-making.
Develop individualized treatment plans that include medication management, preventive services, lifestyle counseling, health promotion, immunizations, and ongoing monitoring of treatment outcomes.
Diagnose and manage common primary care conditions including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, thyroid disorders, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal conditions, infectious diseases, and other acute and chronic illnesses within the advanced practice provider scope.
Order, perform, and interpret laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, point-of-care testing, electrocardiograms, and other diagnostic evaluations within the scope of practice to guide patient care.
Perform office-based procedures within the scope of practice, including minor wound care, skin lesion management, joint injections, incision and drainage, and other approved procedures consistent with organizational policies and state regulations.
Conduct annual wellness visits, preventive screenings, health risk assessments, chronic care management, transitional care management, and age-appropriate preventive services in accordance with evidence-based clinical guidelines.
Recognize changes in patient condition, identify complex clinical presentations requiring physician consultation, and coordinate referrals to specialty care, behavioral health, community resources, and ancillary services when clinically indicated.
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, care managers, behavioral health providers, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate comprehensive patient care across the continuum.
Educate patients and caregivers regarding diagnoses, medications, preventive health measures, nutrition, exercise, chronic disease self-management, and treatment plans to promote informed decision-making and improved health outcomes.
Document patient encounters, medical decision-making, procedures, treatment plans, quality measures, and clinical outcomes accurately within the electronic health record while maintaining compliance with organizational standards, regulatory requirements, payer documentation guidelines, and value-based care initiatives.
Participate in quality improvement initiatives, population health programs, patient safety activities, clinical pathway development, and continuing professional development to support excellence in primary care delivery.