Job Description Summary

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Nurse Practitioner, Specialty - Medical Office, Nephrology

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How Will You Make An Impact & Requirements

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Work Site Locations: Upland, West Covina and Apple Valley. 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.
  
  

Compensation: $132,756K - $165,945K & bonus eligible

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