Nurse Practitioner

Overview

Job purpose:

Under the direction and supervision of a physician, the Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant provides professional medical services for AACI Health Center patients.

• Provide accurate assessment, diagnosis, treatment
• Prescribes and dispenses medications
• Develop and implement treatment plans with patients and other care team members
• Check vitals and conduct physical and reviews patient case histories
• Provides continuing, comprehensive healthcare maintenance and medical care to patients, including preventive care, and behavioral and community health care
• Educate patients on topics such as disease process, medication, prevention, and compliance
• Consult with and referral to affiliated subspecialists
• Work as part of an integrated care team
• Collaborates with behavioral health and wellness colleagues
• Participate in on-call after hours rotation
• Document and maintain clinical records per appropriate standards and regulations
• Participates in team meetings
• Participates in clinical quality improvement processes including peer reviews, data collection, health outcomes reporting, clinical audits, program evaluation
• Provides coverage for other clinicians when needed
• Complete other duties and related projects as assigned

• Ability to perform the duties described above
• Master's Degree or higher in Nursing or Physician Assistant
• Licensed with the California Board of Registered Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner or Licensed with the California Physicians Assistants Board
• Current DEA registration
• Two or more years of clinical work experience
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatrics
• Knowledge of the local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to medicine and to community health centers
• Knowledge of the structure and function of community health centers
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate well with people of diverse cultural professional and experiential backgrounds
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Bilingual in one of the Santa Clara County threshold languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Tagalog, Farsi, or Vietnamese preferred)

AACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer