Nurse Practitioner Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Completion of accredited Medical Assistant Course
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or completion of certification within 90 days of employment
• Understanding of accepted nursing and medical practice standards
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, computer skills, and soft office skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience in HIV/STI programs
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) desirable
• Knowledge of Ryan White grant program
• Knowledge of CAREWare reporting platform

Responsibilities

• Escorts and fully prepares patients for medical visits including measuring vital signs, completing a Health Risk Appraisal, reviewing electronic health chart for accuracy, administering medications, ensuring diagnostic testing results, and scanning paper documents into the electronic medical record
• Reviews health provider orders, administering medications to best practice standards and performing treatments as required
• Appropriately and accurately documents outcome of treatments and interventions
• Reviews labs and reports abnormal results of any service to the primary care provider per organization protocol
• Assists patients with appointment scheduling, insurance confirmation, and other related matters
• Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients and maintains cleanliness of work areas
• Performs basic clerical duties including phone, fax, copier, and shredding protected patient information
• Performs basic materials management functions including monitoring, stocking, and ordering of supplies
• Uses standard precautions with all patients, specimens, and equipment
• Uses needle stick precautions with all patients, specimens, and equipment
• Documents incidents and untoward events involving patients and participates in safety programs including disaster/fire delays
• Maintains patient confidentiality in compliance with HIPAA standards
• Performs other duties as needed
• Employees may be required to work different sites to accommodate scheduling needs
• Measuring vital signs
• Blood draw and/or performing in house labs
• Rapid STI testing
• Documenting in electronic medical record
• Medical equipment maintenance
• Medical Assistant is required to become certified by LA’s Dept of Health in HIV Counseling & Testing
• Data entry of applicable grant services into the State of LA’s CAREWare reporting application
• Regular community outreach and Rapid STI Testing
• Some travel and weekend work as necessary