Nurse Practitioner

Requisition #: 50053

Status: Full-time, Exempt

Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8AM – 5PM (Work hours beyond clinic hours may be required to complete tasks and documentation.)

• On-call (by phone only) duties are required.

Onsite or Hybrid: Onsite position, 5 days per week

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Site Medical Director, Long Beach, the Nurse Practitioner will provide primary medical care services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide primary medical care for adult patients at APLA Health at its medical clinic in Long Beach and other clinical sites as needed.
• Conduct histories and physical exams on patients
• Orders, interprets and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients’ clinical problems and health care needs
• Establishes treatment plans, administers, furnishes or recommends medications
• Documents gathered information in medical record as required by policies and completes charting within 48 hours of a clinical encounter
• Provides health maintenance and preventative care according to quality evidence based standards and protocols related to contractual obligations
• Participates in chart review and quality assurance activities as part of APLA Health Quality Management Program
• Follow APLA Health PrEP and PEP protocols for qualified patients
• Provide medical management for transgender patients, including hormone therapy management
• Evaluate and treat patients presenting for sexually transmitted infection testing in accordance with protocols.
• Provide primary care services for HIV positive persons based on expert guidelines
• The NP will be expected to see 14 or more patients per full clinic day. The NP will have administrative time amounting to 10% of the work week.
• Other clinic duties may include telephone and in person triage, seeing same-day or walk in patients, and providing injection treatments

OTHER DUTIES MAY BE ASSIGNED TO MEET BUSINESS NEEDS.