Nurse Practitioner

The Position

This is a continuous filing exam. Next filing cut-offs are at 5:00 pm on: 6/26/26, 7/24/26, 8/28/26, 9/25/26, 10/23/26, 11/30/26, 12/28/26. Nurse Practitioners provide a range of health care services involving diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and clinical management of patients in a public health center or a public health/field services program; such services include physical examinations, laboratory and screening tests, therapeutic treatments, education, counseling, referral, and clinical duties customarily performed by physicians.

Examples of Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge of professional principles, procedures, and techniques of nurse practitioners; State of California laws and regulations on nursing, and nurse practitioner practices; symptoms and normal course of acute and chronic illnesses, and their treatment; family planning methods; medical and health care for pregnant women; normal growth and development, and common illnesses of infants and children; standard medical record-keeping; procedures, techniques, and tests for conducting comprehensive physical examinations; techniques and interpretations of standard laboratory tests, X-rays, and basic diagnostic procedures; substance abuse symptoms and intervention techniques; mental and emotional illness symptoms and intervention techniques; medications commonly used for a wide variety of medical conditions, and their effects and contraindications; symptoms, prevention, reporting requirements, and treatment of child and adult abuse and neglect; normal and abnormal family dynamics; community resources for medical care, mental health care, and social services; differing cultural, religious, social, and economic factors affecting community medical care clients; proper handling and administering of medications; proper handling of laboratory samples and contaminated items; causes, control, detection, prevention, and treatment of common communicable diseases including sexually transmitted diseases; techniques of patient and family counseling.

Desirable Knowledge: Techniques of interviewing; Techniques of conducting training sessions.

Ability to effectively communicate with clients of various social, cultural, economic, and education backgrounds; work cooperatively with other medical care providers; effectively intervene in cases of mental illness, substance abuse, and adult/child abuse and neglect; effectively train others; gain cooperation of patients in treating communicable and environmentally-based illnesses; maintain patient confidentiality; accurately evaluate and diagnose medical conditions, including obtaining and assessing medical histories; work independently and apply sound medical judgement and department protocols in treatment, treatment planning, and referrals to physicians; recognize and take immediate action in emergency and immediate need cases; communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing.

Employment Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Possession of a current valid license as a Registered Nurse and a Nurse Practitioner certification issued by the State of California. Failure to maintain such a license and certification may be cause for disciplinary actions accordance with Civil Service Commission Rules. Note: If the minimum qualifications include an educational or certificate/license requirement, applicants must submit proof of requirements with the application. Failure to submit proof of requirements may result in disqualification from the examination. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. For guidelines on submitting acceptable proof of educational requirements, please click here (Download PDF reader) or speak to someone in our office before the cut-off date listed in this notice. Special Requirements: Some positions in this class may require possession of a current California driver's license, Class III (now C) or higher. Failure to maintain such a license may be cause for disciplinary actions accordance with Civil Service Commission Rules. Some positions in this class may require a nurse practitioner certification with specialization as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, or Obstetrical-gynecological Nurse Practitioner. The Civil Service Commission approved the use of selective certification for Nurse Practitioner specialties May 12, 1989. Probationary Period: The probationary period for this classification is six (6) months.

Application and Testing Information

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cut-off date.

Employment applications and all documentation requested in this announcement must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date. Your application should highlight all relevant education, training, and experience, and clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications for the position as of the cut-off date. Application information must be current, concise and related to the requirements in this job announcement. You may only apply for this recruitment once. Duplicate and incomplete applications will be disqualified.

Applicants are required to provide a full and complete response to each supplemental question. The Supplemental Questionnaire is located in the tab marked "Supplemental Questions". Please be descriptive in your response.

All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications by the cut-off date will have their Supplemental Questionnaire scored in the Formula Rate Examination. This examination will evaluate the relevance, level, recency, progression and quality of candidate's education, training and experience. The score from the Formula Rate Examination will determine the ranking on the eligible/employment list for this job.