A Nurse Practitioner provides primary care and nursing care to patients. Performs physical exams, orders diagnostic tests, and provides medications. Works in a physician's office or other healthcare facility, under the direction of a physician. Performs work similar to that of a physician assistant but has different medical training and degree.
485768 Job Summary and Responsibilities As a Nurse Practitioner, the incumbent delivers services in a team based, patient-centered primary care clinic serving insured and uninsured children and adults with a special emphasis on care for persons who experience barriers to accessing care due to income, language, cultural and social barriers. The incumbent must be willing to work a flexible schedule when circumstances necessitate as well as participating in On-Call rotation with other clinic providers. The incumbent will report to the
Director Rural Clinics Job Requirements Minimum Qualifications:
Masters Degree in Nursing RN, NP, BLS, and DEA certifications Active licensure as a registered nurse in California or possession of a temporary California RN license (TL) a California (California Code of Regulations, Section 1482), and Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in good standing from the California State Board of Nursing. National Nurse Practitioner Certification in good standing from either the: AANP (American Academy of Nurse Practitioners), or ANCC (American Nurse Credentialing Center). Prescribing & Dispensing Authority in good standing from the California Board of Nursing (if dispensing medications) and Controlled Substance Registration Certificate from the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (if dispensing narcotics). National Provider Identifier (NPI) number; satisfactory report from the National Practitioner Data Bank; and ability to successfully meet the organization's credentialing and privileging processes upon hire and biannually thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
One (1) year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner in an outpatient primary care clinic, community health center, etc. Ability to verbally communicate in Spanish is highly desirable ACLS preferred Where You'll Work Founded in 1906, Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Red Bluff, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center. Additionally, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. It has been named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for two consecutive years, one of only 16 rural hospitals in the US to achieve this award. One Community. One Mission. One California
