Hiring an Advanced Practice Clinician

Job description

DESCRIPTION:
Salud Para La Gente (SALUD) provides high quality, comprehensive and cost-effective healthcare to underserved low-income communities in the Monterey Bay area, including Santa Cruz County and North Monterey County. We began in Watsonville in 1978 as a storefront “free clinic”. With the ever growing need for health services, in 1992 we became a federally qualified community health center. Today we are a primary health care network with 11 clinic sites, over 450 employees, and continue to provide high quality services to patients of all ages.

Under the direction and supervision of the Director of Advanced Practice Clinicians, the Advanced Practice Clinician provides basic medical care to clients, in accordance with established protocols. Care includes diagnosing, treating, and providing preventive medical services to primarily low-income Spanish-speaking farmworkers and their families. Adult, pediatric, and prenatal care and services for chronic illness are also provided. Incumbents may be assigned to Family Practice, Women’s Health Services, or Pediatrics.

This position supports the organization's mission, vision, and values through excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Performs direct patient care, including history-taking, physical examination, appropriate diagnostic - procedures, therapy, and follow-up, under established protocols.
- Works in conjunction with the Clinic Manager to ensure optimal patient flow.
- Works with scheduling staff to ensure that mid-level provider productivity standards of an average of 2.5 patients per patient care hour is achieved at a minimum.
- Performs other medical services within the scope of privileges under physician supervision.
- Plans and initiates health maintenance and rehabilitation for each patient, including methods such as special diets, exercises, vitamin supplements, immunizations, etc., as needed.
- Educates and counsels patient and/or family about normal developmental stages, health management, nutrition practices, chronic diseases, and medications, etc., intervening where appropriate.
- Makes appropriate referrals to external and internal services for health and psychosocial needs, including follow-up to ensure patient compliance.
- Institutes emergency measures in life-threatening situations.
- May assist with the planning and staffing of off-site clinics.
- In conjunction with the Quality Improvement Committee, helps develop and update protocols for services and participates in peer review.
- Becomes familiar with all clinical funding sources and contracted health plans; stays informed of patient care policies, reimbursement practices, and reporting requirements mandated by funding sources; works with administrative and fiscal staff to ensure that funding sources, clinical program objectives, and targeted outcomes are achieved;
- Documents patient encounters utilizing Electronic Health Records (EHR) as well as completes encounter notes and billing through EHR per Policy
- Participates in continuing education programs to remain current on professional development and practices and to maintain licensure.
- Attends and participates in all agency staff meetings, quality assurance and team meetings.
- May be requested to maintain a flexible schedule and to fill-in for other providers in the event of illness or vacation.
- Consistently adheres to and/or exceeds SPLG’s communication guidelines and expectations with internal and external customers including co-workers, patients, and external partners.
- Assists physicians with completion of EHR tasks and paperwork for patients.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

• Full time
• Employer paid Medical, Dental, Vision for employee
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)