Job Summary:
The Nurse Practitioner, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team, is responsible for providing comprehensive women’s health care to patients, focusing particularly on pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, care of the newborn, and the family planning and gynecologic needs of women. The Nurse Practitioner practices within the health care system and performs consultation, collaborative management, or referral, as indicated by the health status of the patient. Co-manages higher-risk patients when determined appropriate by the supervising physician.
Licensure:
- Must have active CA RN licensure
- Advanced NP board certification through ANCC or AANP.
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse designation as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
- Possession of active NPI and DEA numbers.
- Current BLS provider card through American Heart Association required
Education:
- Master’s degree (MSN) or Doctorate (DNP) required from an accredited nursing program.
Experience:
- 3-5 Years of experience required as an NP
Knowledge and Skills:
- Must be proficient with medical instruments and equipment required by the work.
- Knowledge of computer-based data management programs and information systems, as well as medical records and point-of-interview technology.
- Ability to communicate effectively, in verbal and written form, with retail and medical partners at various levels, patients, family members, physicians and representatives of the community.
- Sound understanding of all federal and state regulations including HIPAA and OSHA.
- Experience providing primary care as a family nurse practitioner.
- Knowledge of disease prevention.
Physical Demands – Patient Care:
- Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
- Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
- Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
- Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
- Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds.
- Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Occasional pushing of wheelchairs and medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
- Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.
Key for Physical Demands
Continuous 66 to 100% of the time
Frequent 33 to 65% of the time
Occasional 0 to 32% of the time