Nurse Practitioner; Vascular Assessment & Surgery

Position: Nurse Practitioner (Interventional Cardiology & Radiology Centers)

Location: Sacramento, CA (and at our other locations in Northern California)

Schedule: Full-Time and Part-Time positions

Salary: Competitive Salary & Bonus Program

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, EAP, 401(k), FSA, Costco, AAA, etc.

With a growing network of locations, both the Vascular Institute of Northern California and California Foot & Ankle Centers (CALFAC) provide comprehensive care and surgery, including advanced wound care and amputation-prevention therapies, lower extremity peripheral nerve surgery, vascular diagnostic testing, vascular and endovascular procedures, and reconstructive surgery.

We have been serving patients for over 60 years, building a loyal patient base keeping our clinic and surgery center locations busy with little to no marketing during that time. Our highly-competent doctors and medical staff all believe in giving a caring approach to each patient, as well as utilizing the most modern technology available. Further, we conduct clinical trials and research at all of our locations.

As a part of our team, you will be welcome in working with us for years to come as we do good work in our communities. We value team building, and our staff oftimes engages in after work activities in order to build relationships and play an essential role in our community.

We are seeking experienced Nurse Practitioners for our vascular centers in the Greater Sacramento area. See  for locations. Most work will be normal business hours. But sometimes weekend work will be required, based on when procedures are scheduled.

As a member of our team, we all provide a high level of efficient patient care, while always presenting a caring, ethical, and professional experience for the patients, doctors and other team members.

• Consultation:
  Obtain thorough patient history, perform focused physical examination, formulate treatment plan and document findings in the patient's electronic medical record
• Demonstrates basic understanding of venous ultrasound and basic surgical skill
• Review pre-procedure instructions, explains procedure and review procedural risks and benefits with the patient
• Obtain vascular access and perform conservative therapy evaluation, microsurgical phlebectomy, ultrasound guided sclerotherapy and visual sclerotherapy
• Maintain prompt and timely communication with the referring clinicians and patients (i.e. sends follow up letters, thank you letter and returns patients calls)
• Educate and counsel patients and distribute educational materials
• Document within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and complete other necessary documents
• Demonstrate actions of a team player—assist peers with documentation and case load, provide vacation coverage for peers and offer overall support when appropriate
• Demonstrate pride in our high-quality care of our patients, and respect for fellow teammates

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a physician's office or hospital setting
• Current California RN license/registration by the National Council Licensure Examination - Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN)
• Current California Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber License (Including all associated requirements for medical education, testing and logging of CME)

• Must have strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work on multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent communication skills
• Detail-oriented is a must
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality as required
• Be a team player
• Drive:
  Self-starter with initiative to assist in practice development, and to create motivation within the clinic team
• Collaboration:
  
  Ability to work within a team setting and leverage strengths of others to accomplish objectives
• Interpersonal skills:
  Approachable, able to establish rapport easily, demonstrates empathy and active listening skills

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, handle documents, bend and stoop as needed, and reach with hands and arms. The position requires use of keyboard and computer regularly.

Strong vision abilities to perform extensive computer-related work.