CA - Prompt Care - NP or PA - Chico

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Job description

Job Opportunity of PA & NP:

Title: Physician Assistant

Location: Chico, CA 95926

Job Type: Permanent

Schedule: Days, Full Time

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Physician Assistant (PA) provides health care services. The PA provides diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventative healthcare service, as delegated by a physician. The PA will report to the Nurse Manager of the department for all employee/employer issues regarding departmental and organizational operations. The PA consistently demonstrates the core values and serves as a role model to other employees.

Physician Assistant

EDUCATION / TRAINING / EXPERIENCE:

Minimum:

Graduate of a PA educational program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission (ARC) on Education for Physician Assistants (or its predecessor agencies) OR current certification with the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Recent experience appropriate to the clinical area where practice will occur, such as pediatrics, family practice, rural health care, walk-in medical care, occupational medicine, anticoagulation therapy. New graduates will be considered.

Desired:

One year California Health, Disability Program (CHDP) experience preferred: ECHC, LMFHC

Bilingual in Spanish desirable: ECHC, LMFHC, Occupational Health Center

One-year experience evaluation & treatment in workers' compensation/injured worker episodic care setting, occupational and environmental health clinic, and /or employee health nurse in a medical or industrial facility: Occupational Health

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS:

Current California Physician Assistant License

Certification by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistant (NCCPA), if not a graduate from an accredited ARC Physician Assistant educational program

Current CPR recognition

Current ACLS recognition (within 6 months of hire)

Current PALS recognition (within 1 year of hire) (Employees who were classified as Physician Assistants for Prompt Care prior to February 2018 AND who will not be cross-trained to the Emergency Department will be grandfathered in without this requirement.)

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number or proof of application

Department of Transportation (DOT) Medical Examiner Certification (within one year of hire)

Title: Nurse Practitioner

Location: Chico, CA 95926

Job Type: Permanent

Schedule: Days, Full Time

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a Registered Nurse who possesses additional clinical and didactic education to function at an advanced level of nursing practice. They will be clinically competent in physical diagnosis, psychosocial assessment and management of health-illness needs to provide direct patient care and education to patients, families, students, and nursing staff. The NP consistently demonstrates the core values and serves as a role model to other employees.

EDUCATION / TRAINING / EXPERIENCE:

Minimum:

Graduate of a Family Nurse Practitioner program

Recent experience appropriate to the clinical area where practice will occur, such as urgent care, family practice, rural health care, walk-in medical care, occupational medicine. New graduates will be considered

Desired:

Bilingual in Spanish desirable: Occupational Health Center, Walk-in Clinics, Primary Care Practice

One-year experience evaluation & treatment in workers' compensation/injured worker episodic care setting, occupational and environmental health clinic, and /or employee health nurse in a medical or industrial facility: Occupational Health

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS:

Current licensure with the California Board of Registered Nursing

Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner with the California Board of Registered Nursing

Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner Furnisher with the California Board of Registered Nursing

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number or proof of application

Meets Centers for MediCal and Medicaid Services (CMS) criteria to bill Medicare

Current CPR recognition

Current ACLS recognition (within 6 months of hire)

Current PALS recognition (within 1 year of hire) (Employees who were classified as Nurse Practitioners for Prompt Care prior to February 2018 AND who will not be cross-trained to the Emergency Department will be grandfathered in without this requirement.)

Department of Transportation (DOT) Medical Examiner Certification (within one year of hire)Position Urgency: Normal

Shifts: Days, Full Time

Minimum Years of Experience: 1

Sub Specialty: Advanced Practice

General Certifications:

Bilingual: No

Vacation Coverage Required: No

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