Nurse Practitioner/ General Primary Care Bilingual

Vera Whole Health•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Provides comprehensive advanced practice primary care for patients across the lifespan in ambulatory and community-based settings. Evaluates, diagnoses, and manages acute and chronic conditions using 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 outcomes, coordinate care, and deliver patient-centered primary care. The Nurse Practitioner practices independently within the advanced practice provider scope, making clinical decisions for routine and moderately complex cases and escalating matters beyond that scope to collaborating physicians. Decisions are made with minimal supervision under the physician collaboration model. The role applies Master's-level clinical training to patient care and may oversee nursing and allied support staff. Spanish-English bilingual ability is required.

Requirements

Bilingual Spanish/English.
Master's or Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
Current, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse licensure in the applicable state.
National board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP), or other certification appropriate to the practice setting.
Current Drug Enforcement Administration registration.
Basic Life Support certification.
Typically two or more years of advanced practice clinical experience in primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, community health, or a closely related ambulatory practice.
Knowledge of primary care medicine, preventive health guidelines, chronic disease management, population health principles, evidence-based clinical practice, and ambulatory care operations.
Experience using electronic health records, clinical decision support tools, population health platforms, and healthcare technology.
Strong clinical judgment, diagnostic reasoning, communication, patient education, interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural competence, and relationship management skills.
Ability to provide compassionate, comprehensive, high-quality primary care across diverse patient populations.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification, preferred based on clinical assignment.
Primary care experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs through history-taking, physical examinations, diagnostic interpretation, and evidence-based clinical decision-making.
Develop individualized treatment plans covering medication management, preventive services, lifestyle counseling, health promotion, immunizations, and monitoring of treatment outcomes.
Diagnose and manage common primary care conditions within the advanced practice provider scope, including hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, asthma, COPD, obesity, thyroid disorders, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal conditions, and infectious diseases.
Order, perform, and interpret laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, point-of-care testing, electrocardiograms, and other diagnostic evaluations within scope of practice.
Perform approved office-based procedures within scope, including minor wound care, skin lesion management, joint injections, and incision and drainage.
Conduct annual wellness visits, preventive screenings, health risk assessments, chronic care management, transitional care management, and age-appropriate preventive services.
Recognize changes in patient condition, identify complex presentations requiring physician consultation, and coordinate referrals to specialty care, behavioral health, community resources, and ancillary services as indicated.
Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to coordinate comprehensive care across the continuum.
Educate patients and caregivers about diagnoses, medications, preventive health, nutrition, exercise, chronic disease self-management, and treatment plans.
Document encounters, medical decision-making, procedures, treatment plans, quality measures, and outcomes in the electronic health record in accordance with organizational, regulatory, payer, and value-based care requirements.
Participate in quality improvement, population health, patient safety, clinical pathway development, and continuing professional development initiatives.
May oversee nursing and allied support staff.