Family Nurse Practitioner Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
• Group Life/AD&D
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Life/AD&D
• EAP
• Voluntary Legal

Family Nurse Practitioner Summary:

Under designated physician(s) collaboration and supervision for drugs and device furnishing, the Family Nurse Practitioner is to provide direct primary health care in accordance with the Golden Valley Health Centers Family Nurse Practitioner’s Supervision Agreement, Golden Valley Health Centers Principles of Practice, and the California Administrative Code, Section 13799.541. The Family Nurse Practitioner may be required to work scheduled evening clinic hours, and when appropriate, act independently as a solo provider of services under telephone communication with a physician supervisor.

Family Nurse Practitioner Essential Duties and Responsibilites:

• Consistently adheres and/or exceeds GVHC’s communication guidelines and expectations with patients, peers, and supervisors.
• Communicate effectively by using welcoming words, proper tone of voice, appropriate body language, eye contact and smiling with every interaction.
• Listens skillfully and displays a willingness and ability to acknowledge the needs, expectations and values of others through the use of reflective listening and empathy conveyance. Responds to needs in ways that are helpful and beyond expectation.
• Obtain an appropriate medical history and perform a physical examination for any presenting problem(s).
• Order specific laboratory studies and x-rays, and other studies as appropriate for that patient.
• Perform or assist in laboratory or screening procedures routinely performed at the clinic site indicating the collection of body fluid and tissue specimens.
• Assess and interview in the common development and behavioral problems of the family and its individual members.
• Diagnose and treat common primary care problems according to accepted criteria and norms described in the Nurse Practitioner standardized procedure manual.
• Maintain a current problem list, medication list and immunization record on all patient records.
• Promote health and disease prevention in all patients through age group specific interventions including immunizations, counseling, physical examinations, and accepted screening procedures.
• Observe all existing Golden Valley Health Centers medical protocols, personnel policies and Principles of Practice.
• Maintain a current basic CPR certification status.
• Participate regularly in quality assurance and peer review activities, as well as medical and general staff meetings.
• May administer medication to patient, or transmit orally a prescription from the supervisory physician to pharmacist. This may be based either on a patient specific order by the supervising physician or on protocols specified in the Nurse Practitioner standardized procedures and process protocols.
• Satisfactorily works towards achieving productivity goals established by the Golden Valley Health Centers.to join our healthcare team. The ideal candidate will provide comprehensive primary care services to patients of all ages, focusing on disease prevention and health promotion.

Family Nurse Practitioner Qualifications:

• Ability to speak Spanish highly desirable.
• Work experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Current basic CPR certification.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited school of registered nursing and FNP program.
• Certification by the Board of Registered nursing of California as a NP.
• Working experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Current basic CPR certification.
• Ability to speak Spanish highly desirable.
• Must be able to obtain privileges. Must be able to pass a background check

Physical Demands:

• The employee must occasionally lift up to 40 pounds and/or move up to 100 pounds (on wheels).
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to hear staff on the phone and those who are served in-person, and speak clearly in order to communicate information to clients and staff. Must have vision with or without lenses that are adequate to read memos, a computer screen, personnel forms and clinical and administrative documents. Must have high manual dexterity.
• Must be able to reach above the shoulder level to work, must be able to bend, squat and sit, stand, stoop, crouching, reaching, kneeling, twisting/turning, fingering and feeling.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually average.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $135,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Work setting:

• In-person

Experience:

• working RN: 1 year (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Required)

License/Certification:

• Certified Nurse Practitioner (Required)
• CPR Certification (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Modesto, CA 95350 (Required)

Work Location: In person