Nephrology Nurse Practitioner

Work Site Locations: Upland, West Covina, and Apple Valley - CA. May be required to travel to other clinics for business need.

Work Shift: 5 Days a Week, Monday Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Nurse Practitioner Specialty is responsible for providing for the health care needs of patients in collaboration with a physician, through advanced assessment and identification of health states including abnormal conditions, diagnosing, treatment therapies and/or evaluation. Performs care in the specialty area of nephrology and patients on dialysis.

How will you make an impact:

• Utilizes evidence-based clinical practice standards to provide direct clinical services for patients within prescribed guidelines and physician instructions.

• Acts independently to perform physical assessments, diagnostic functions, specialized risk assessments, and make critical decisions regarding a wide variety of health situations, including high risk and crisis situations.

• Acquires patient health histories and evaluates patient, performing physical examinations.

• Orders, interprets and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients' clinical problems and health care needs.

• Discusses case with physician.

• Formulates and documents care plan.

• Prescribes medication, therapies and/or other forms of treatment.

• Evaluates the patient s response to therapy.

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires an MS in Nursing and minimum of 2 years of related experience with clinical emphasis for nurse practitioner; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

• Active Nurse Practitioner Board Certification

• Current, unrestricted RN license and NP license in the state of California is required.

• Certification in a specialty or minimum of 1 year experience in the specialty area of nephrology.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Bilingual communication skills in English and Spanish.

• Experience in either Primary Care or an Internal Medicine setting with adults and geriatric patient population.
  
  

The posted compensation range represents the national market average. Compensation for roles located in premium or high-cost geographic markets may fall above this range. This position is bonus eligible based on individual and company performance.