Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

In this role, you will collaborate closely with our team of skilled physicians in diagnosing, managing, and treating chronic pain and work-related injuries. As a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA), you will be entrusted with evaluating and treating selected patients within the designated service area. Your responsibilities will encompass physical examinations, direct patient interactions (both in-person and through electronic means), seamless coordination of care with department colleagues to meet established quality benchmarks, and active involvement in the overall patient care orchestration. Flexibility is vital, as all NP's/PA's may be required to cover nearby clinical sites to ensure comprehensive patient support.  

This role can either be 32 - 40 hours a week working during days between Monday to Friday. Typical schedule is 8am-5pm. 

What you will do: 

• Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP/PA role consistent with BHC policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
• Adheres to Boomerang's daily schedule of patients to meet the needs of up to twenty-one patients once fully trained. 
• Conducts age-appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.
• Sees 15-minute follow up patients in coordination with supervising physicians.
• Sees new patient consults in coordination with supervising physician.
• Performs office injections including but not limited to trigger point injections, knee, shoulder, and bursa injections.
• Evaluates patients for need for interventional procedures, including but not limited to epidural injections, facet injections, steroid joint injections, spinal cord stimulator.
• Manage patient medication needs, including controlled substances while monitoring for any aberrant behavior by monitoring Urine Toxicology Tests and state CURES/PDMP records.
• Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.
• Consults with supervising physicians or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.
• Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.
• Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.
• Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.
• Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
• Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution. - performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
• Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.
• Identifies and solves problems effectively.
• Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.
• Ability to work at other nearby clinics on an as needed basis. 
• Assumes other responsibilities as appropriate to the position and organizational needs  

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