Advanced Practice Clinician ; Advanced Practice Clinician

What You Will Do

The Advanced Practice Clinician 2 will work as a key staff member of the Occupational Health organization to promote worker health and wellbeing at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Advanced Practice Clinician will be expected to provide exceptional service at the worker, organizational and institutional level. You will have opportunities to learn and practice medicine in exciting fields such as radiation emergency medicine;

chemical, biological and physical hazard exposure; ergonomics; travel health; reproductive health; population health management and others.

Clinical duties required for this position include:

• Fitness for duty evaluations
• Management of work related injuries and illnesses
• After hour call support
• Medical surveillance and certification examinations
• Triage non-occupational health issues

Other duties include:

• Support of emergency response efforts
• Service as the subject matter expert for various medical surveillance and certification programs
• Service as a consultant on institutional projects or policy development as they relate to worker health
• Support for the Medical Director

• Demonstrated experience working on interdisciplinary teams working effectively with personnel at all levels
• Demonstrated commitment to continual learning and improvement, team-building, prioritizing, managing resources, and meeting organizational objectives and deadlines
• Demonstrated recent clinical experience in the practice of direct patient care in general medicine
• Demonstrated experience in the review, analysis and interpretation of diagnostic testing including, but not limited to laboratory work, electrocardiogram, pulmonary function testing, audiometry, vision testing, and fitness assessments
• Demonstrated passion for worker well-being and population health management
• Competency in using an electronic medical record

• Physician Assistants:
  Board certified PA‑C through the NCCPA. Licensed by the New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners to practice medicine (or eligible if out of state)
• Nurse Practitioners:
  Certification through a National Nurse Practitioner certifying organization to include American Nurses Credentialing Center. Licensed by the New Mexico Board of Nursing (NP and RN; or eligible if out of state)
• Current New Mexico Pharmacy and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license (or eligible if out of state)

Position requires a minimum of 2 to 5 years of recent clinical experience in occupational medicine or in a clinically related field (family medicine, emergency/urgent care medicine, internal medicine, or sports medicine).

• Current certification for National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners through FMCSA
• Working knowledge of Occupational Health regulations and standards, including but not limited to applicable OSHA standards
• Working knowledge of Workers Compensation statutes and workplace implementation
• Demonstrated experience with emergency preparedness support
• Working knowledge of hazards related to biologic, chemical, physical and radiologic hazards
• Demonstrated contributions to the development of health and wellness programs
• Understanding of office and non-office ergonomic science
• Understanding of exercise science, and interpretation of tactical fitness assessments
• Familiarity with DOE health and safety standards
• Working knowledge of worker fitness for duty and work ability
• Experience with customer service improvement projects
• Experience with performance improvement projects
• Commitment to growth as an ideal team player

The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.

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