Professional Expert - Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant

Nurse Practitioner Or Physician Assistant

This posting is to establish a pool of qualified applicants. The department is actively recruiting. Applications submitted will remain active for up to one (1) year. Should the department be interested in interviewing you, you will be contacted by the department with the information provided in your application.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) functions both independently and in collaboration with the supervising physician and Associate Dean of Health and Wellness, to provide clinical services, health promotion, and health education programs to the campus community. This clinician provides health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, counseling and referral services. Services also include physicals and women's health exams.

Examples of duties include:

• Assist the Associate Dean with the planning, development and implementation of campus health services program. Acts as the campus nurse when called upon, due to staffing needs or high demand for all these services.
• Examines patients and reviews their history to provide diagnosis of mental and physical conditions.
• Orders medication as needed, provides minor medical procedures or other methods of treatment for diseases, injuries, or other physical or mental conditions according to the guidelines of standardized procedures.
• Orders laboratory tests, evaluates results, and other or adjust treatments as indicated.
• Makes referrals as needed to provide for medical care required by students that is beyond the scope of Student Health Services.
• Counsels' students for immediate problem solving and/or development of an individual health resources through which additional assistance may be obtained.
• Provide crisis intervention for the campus community as outlined in the Crafton Hills/Valley College, Crisis Intervention Plan Green Golder
• Assist in organizing and maintaining a variety of confidential health records and files include electronic health records.
• Assists in analysis of data collected from daily documentation, surveys, service area outcomes, and other sources. Make recommendations for additional programs based on trends in data.
• Maintains a good collaborative working relationship with supervising physician and colleagues at the Health and Wellness Center.
• Assists Associate Dean in collecting data required to complete all necessary reports.
• Serves as a liaison between the college and community-based referral agencies.
• Assists in the review and update of policies, procedures, and protocols.
• In the absence of the coordinator serves as a two-way communications link between Student Health Services and the College Administration.
• Acts as a resource person regarding matters related to campus health and safety; also acts as a catalyst to bring about positive changes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum requirements include:

• Possession of valid license as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the State of California
• Master's Degree from an accredited institution in Nursing or Physician Assistant program
• Maintains current continuing education.
• Two years of experience in family medicine or college health within the last five years
• Current BLS/CPR with AED instruction certification

Knowledge skills and abilities include strong written and oral communication skills to communicate diplomatically and effectively with co-workers and department staff. Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team through close collaboration with colleagues and coordinate with others. Knowledge of college culture and needs of students, scope of practice in community or ambulatory care setting, effective patient teaching, health counseling, and health education. Knowledge of legal parameters for practice within respective discipline in the State of California; basic laws and regulations pertaining to health services; communicable disease and immunization requirements.

Working conditions may produce exposure to unpleasant and hazardous medical conditions and communicable disease. Must be able to lift equipment weighing up to 50lb, kneel on ground for medical emergencies, squat, bend, and reach. Physical abilities must include dexterity of both hands and fingers; as well as acuity of vision and hearing necessary for performance of physical assessment, treatments and effective communication. Part-time temporary position as a Professional Expert, consisting of 8 24 hours per week with no perm.

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Work is performed primarily in a standard office setting. Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to occasionally lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight up to 25 pounds; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information. See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents; and to operate assigned equipment. Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

The person selected for hire will be required to complete the following pre-employment requirements:

• Submit to and successfully pass DOJ live scan/fingerprinting. Cost of live-scan services to be borne by candidate.
• Sealed official transcript(s) in envelope from institution or electronic copies emailed directly from institution (for positions with higher education requirement)
• Tuberculosis (TB) risk assessment
• Other pre-employment requirements may be required depending on the position (i.e. certifications or licenses; see job posting qualifications section for details).

Successful completion of all pre-employment requirements is mandatory to be eligible for employment. These requirements are in accordance with the San Bernardino Community College District's Administrative Procedures and Board Policies.