NP​/PA OBGYN

NP/PA OBGYN – Harbor Community Health Centers

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission: to provide quality, comprehensive healthcare and supportive services to those in our community. Vision: "Improving the Health and Well Being of our Community." Core Values:
Integrity, Compassion, Excellence. Employees must possess a strong commitment to the mission, policies, goals and philosophy of Harbor Community Health Centers.

Job Summary

The OBGYN/Women’s Health NP/PA works as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team to provide direct patient care in the OB/GYN department, including prenatal, postpartum, and gynecological care to Harbor Community Health Centers (Harbor

CHC) patients.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide primary healthcare to obstetric and gynecologic patients.
• Conduct pre‑ and post‑treatment surgical care to patients.
• Perform comprehensive family planning counseling, screening, care and procedures.
• Elicit and record information about patient’s medical history.
• Examine patients for symptoms or physical information.
• Order or execute various tests, analyses and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition.
• Analyze reports and findings of tests and examinations and diagnose client condition.
• Administer or prescribe treatments.
• Determine and prescribe medication, dosage and schedule given the patient’s condition and allergies.
• Discuss possible side effects to medication or immunization with patient.
• Prescribe vaccinations to immunize patient from communicable diseases.
• Promote health by advising patients about diet, hygiene and methods for prevention of disease.
• Provide prenatal care to pregnant women and postnatal care to mothers and infants.
• Perform surgical procedures commensurate with surgical competency.
• Refer patients to medical specialists for consultant services when necessary.
• Document the patient’s visit including medical history, physical exam, diagnoses and plan of action.
• Obtain health history and physical examinations.
• Order and interpret diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to the patient’s age, gender and disease‑specific needs.
• Review incoming reports (labs, x‑rays, EKG, consult notes, outside records) in a timely manner.
• Formulate treatment plan for acute and chronic medical conditions, provide preventive health services, arrange follow‑up.
• Provide health education to clinic patients to promote positive health behaviors and disease prevention.
• Arrange specialty referrals for services not provided by Harbor
  
  CHC and review referral/consultation reports and arrange appropriate follow‑up.
• Consult with supervising physician whenever questions arise as to the diagnostic evaluation or treatment plan.
• Provide back‑up for fellow providers as needed, which may include:
  • Responding to calls from pharmacies regarding prescriptions and refills.
  • Responding to calls from other physicians.
  • Responding to calls from patients requiring medical advice.
  • Reviewing lab results.
• Ensure that encounter notes are entered into the Electronic Health Record and closed within 72 hours of the visit. Encounter notes should:
  • Reflect changes in the patient’s condition and other significant information.
  • Include documentation of pertinent history, review of systems, and physical examination.
  • Indicate studies performed, and that results were reviewed and discussed with the patient.
  • Show the provider’s thought process regarding the patient’s problems, diagnosis and treatment.
  • Specify medications prescribed by the provider.
  • Maintain a current chronic problem list.
  • Inform the patient of the general nature of his/her medical problem, the general prognosis, and the purpose of the proposed treatment and procedures.
  • Include referrals to specialty services as medically necessary.
  • Integrate recommendations made by specialists into the patient’s treatment plan.
  • Reflect any pertinent attitudes or behavior on the part of the patient or family toward aspects of care.
  • Include notation of routine and preventative services such as screening tests, periodic lab exams related to chronic disease care, and immunizations.
  • Ensure compliance with coding standards as required by Medi‑Cal, health plans and other regulatory agencies.
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