Nurse Practitioner Specialty

Job Description Summary

Nurse Practitioner, Specialty - Medical Office, Nephrology

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bilingual communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Experience in either Primary Care or an Internal Medicine setting with adults and geriatric patient population.

** The posted compensation range represents the national market average. Compensation for roles located in premium or high-cost geographic markets may fall above this range. This position is bonus eligible based on individual and company performance.**

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