Family Nurse Practitioner Floater - Los Angeles, United States - Nexus HR Services

Description

Family Nurse Practitioner - Floater

Compensation: $85 to $90 per hour

Locations: Los Angeles, El Monte, Huntington Park, Van Nuys

** Nexus HR is looking for an experienced, Spanish bilingual nurse practitioner for a reputable clinic in Los Angeles, CA. The ideal provider will have an affection for people while constantly offering great patient care with a strong emphasis on health and illness prevention.**

About the Job

The role will help promote and maintain patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician. This is a floater role, the provider will serve different locations on a given week or month.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contributes to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed, providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations, recommending options and courses of action, and implementing physician directives.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, and obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations, suturing, and managing wounds and infections.
• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens, giving average growth and development information, discussing family planning, counseling on emotional problems of daily living, and promoting wellness and health maintenance.
• Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, advising management on needed actions.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications :

• At least one (1) year experience as a family nurse practitioner
• Licensed in California as an NP or FNP
• Unrestricted DEA license
• Able to work at least one weekend.
• Able to work in multiple locations (Los Angeles, Van Nuys, Huntington Park, El Monte)
• Experience with EMR and EHR platforms preferred.
• Experience and/or certification in Medical Spanish is preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is highly preferred.