Nurse Practitioner (Open)

Nurse Practitioner

San Mateo County Health would like to invite you to apply for the position of Nurse Practitioner. At San Mateo County Health, we lead by example. From our most seasoned professionals to our newest team members, everyone has the opportunity to step forward to offer their insight, opinions and ideas. As part of our teaching hospital, you'll have the chance to explore new avenues for growth while you meet the diverse healthcare needs of a thriving, vibrant community. If you're ready to discover the leader in you, we invite you to discover San Mateo County Health where we are all together better.

Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) offers a broad spectrum of mental health and substance use services for children, youth, families, adults and older adults in San Mateo County in the prevention, early intervention and treatment of mental illness and/or substance use conditions. Correctional Health Services provides integrated medical, dental, mental health, and chemical dependency treatment to San Mateo County's incarcerated adults, and medical and dental care to the juvenile hall population. Public Health Policy and Planning includes Edison HIV Clinic and Mobile Health Clinic/Street and Field Medicine program. The San Mateo Medical Center is a public hospital and clinic system fully accredited by the Joint Commission. The Medical Center operates outpatient clinics throughout San Mateo County and also an acute-care hospital.

Under general supervision, Nurse Practitioners will provide services such as conducting complete physical examinations, developing diagnostic impressions, and managing care of patients working in one or more specialty areas, such as geriatric, pediatric, family health, or OB/GYN practice. Our nurses are part of a collaborative healthcare team dedicated to providing excellent care to our patients. At the County of San Mateo you'll find a supportive environment and opportunities to grow in your profession through training and education, including in-house Continuing Education units. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification preferred.

Current vacancies:

• One Full-Time Nurse Practitioner vacancy for the Daly City Clinic, primarily focused on adult care, with the option to provide 4–8 hours of pediatric care per week.
• One Full-Time Nurse Practitioner vacancy, Bilingual Spanish Required for Fair Oaks Health Center Adult Clinic, Redwood City, and one Extra-Help Nurse Practitioner vacancy for Fair Oaks Health Center, Redwood City.
• One Part-Time Nurse Practitioner vacancy, for the Forensic Medical Unit - Keller Center/Keller Center for Family Violence Intervention in San Mateo.
• One Extra-Help Nurse Practitioner vacancy for the Innovative Care Clinic
• One Extra-Help Nurse Practitioner vacancy for Ron Robinson Senior Care Center
• One Extra-Help Nurse Practitioner vacancy for Coastside Clinic
• One Extra-Help Nurse Practitioner vacancy for OB/Gyn
• One Extra-Help vacancy for the Daly City Clinic Pediatric Clinic

Distinguishing Characteristics: Under general supervision, provide health care services, such as conducting complete physical examinations, developing diagnostic impressions and managing care of patients working in one or more areas such as adult primary, geriatric, pediatric, family health, OB/GYN or specialty practice (surgical/medical subspecialties). Nurse Practitioner is an advanced specialist level fully competent to independently perform a variety of primary health care services and other clinical procedures. Nurse Practitioners differ from Staff Nurse in that Nurse Practitioners provide primary health care services and other clinical procedures that require specialized licensure, as well as, a high degree of clinical judgment in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Note: The list of eligible candidates created from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future part-time, full-time, permanent, extra-help, per diem, relief, and/or temporary vacancies in any of the three correctional facilities.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assess the health of patients to determine their physical, emotional and social status by taking a complete medical history, doing a physical examination, initiating screening and diagnostic procedures etc. evaluate results of clinical findings and laboratory tests; report any abnormalities to a physician.
• Identify and manage in collaboration with a physician, common illnesses and/or other health problems and refer these problems or illnesses that require immediate medical attention to the appropriate practicing physician; assume on-going responsibility for follow-ups.
• Collaborate with physicians and other health professionals regarding health problems and illnesses following established protocol relative to diagnosis and treatment of patients.
• Counsel parents or other family members regarding health maintenance in the area of specialization.
• Coordinate and facilitate referrals to other health or social agencies.
• Maintain accurate records of assessments, follow-ups and evaluations.
• Supervise the work of subordinate health workers and participate in professional and administrative meetings.
• Actively participate in quality improvement process within work area.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of:

• Principles, practices and procedures used in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of common health problems as related to the clinical specialty.
• Fundamentals of clinical medicine as related to clinical specialty.
• Drugs commonly used in the area of specialty including the indications of their use, anticipated therapeutic effect, side effects and untoward reactions and contraindications.
• Safety and infection control practices and procedures.
• Normal and abnormal values of laboratory tests and their clinical significance.
• Operations and care of medical equipment and instruments used in the area of specialty.
• Laws and regulations pertinent to the practice of nursing and medicine applicable to assigned specialty.
• Community resources and referral systems.
• Provisions of the Nurse Practice Act.

Skill/Ability to:

• Assess the health status of patients.
• Provide health care services including the taking of a complete medical history, doing complete physical examination and other related clinical procedures.
• Identify and manage health problems common in the area of specialty.
• Develop and implement treatment plans for patients according to policies and protocol.
• Analyze and interpret health information/data including results of laboratory testing.
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, professional staff and others.
• Follow safety practices and procedures.
• Maintain accurate records and preparing reports.

Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. Education: Completion of an advanced nursing degree from a program accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) with emphasis in a Nurse Practitioner's specialty area. Experience: Minimum one (1) year of paid experience in acute and/or ambulatory care setting. The minimum experience may be substituted by one of the below:

• Completion of two hundred (200) hours of direct preceptorship at the San Mateo Medical Center or four hundred (400) hours of preceptorship at an organization with comparable county-level or Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) experience.

• For positions assigned to OB/GYN, a minimum of five years of clinical experience in OB/GYN as a Registered Nurse within five years from date of application.

Licensure:

• Possession of a California license as a Registered Nurse.
• Possession of a California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) Nurse Practitioner License.
• Possession of a California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) Furnishing Number.
• Possession of a DEA Number.
• Possession of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• For positions assigned to OB-GYN, a Nurse Practitioner License may be substituted with Nurse Midwife License and at least one certification in women's health specialty.

Special Certification: Depending on assignment, position requires certification in at least one of the following specialty areas: Pediatric: Primary health care for patients 17 years of age and under. Family: Primary health care for patients of all ages. Geriatric: Primary health care for older patients. OB/GYN: Women's health or primary health care for obstetric and gynecologic patients.

Anyone may apply. A supplemental application form must be submitted in addition to our regular employment application form. The examination will consist of a scored evaluation of relevant training and experience (weight: 100%) based solely on the responses to the supplemental questions. All applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination. This is a continuous recruitment which may close at any time. The final filing date will be posted five days in advance on this job announcement. Applications for this position will only be accepted online. Online applications must be received by the Human Resources Department before midnight on the final