Field Nurse Practitioner (El Centro, CA)

JOB

DESCRIPTION

Job

Summary

The Care Connections

Nurse Practitioners focus on screening and preventive primary care

services delivered in the home, community, and nursing facility

settings. Provides needed care in the environment that patients

feel most comfortable and are most receptive including home,

nursing facilities, and “pop up” clinic.

The

Nurse Practitioner will be required to work primarily in

non-clinical settings and provide medical care to all levels of

patients. Some programs may focus on specific populations (e.g.,

adult and geriatric, pediatric, women’s health).

Perform comprehensive medical assessments, order

appropriate tests / procedures for diagnostic purposes, formulate

treatment plans, obtain specialists' consultations as needed, and

do appropriate documentations as required.

Job

Duties

Provide

general medical care and care coordination to various and / or

specific patient levels – adults, women’s health, pediatric, and

geriatric.

Perform comprehensive evaluations

including history and physical exams for gaps in care and

preventative assessments

Address both chronic

and acute primary care complaints, and able to ascertain medical

urgency

Establish and document reasonable

medical diagnoses

Seek specialty consultation

as appropriate

Order / perform pertinent

diagnostic laboratory and radiology testing for the medical

diagnosis or presenting symptom; able to work within an environment

of limited resources and therefore uses diagnostic tests

judiciously and appropriately

Responsible for

knowing when a patient’s needs are beyond their scope of knowledge

and when physician oversight is needed.

Create

and implements a medical plan of care

Schedule

patient appointments for visits when appropriate

Provide post discharge coordination to reduce hospital

readmission rates and emergency room utilization

Perform face-to-face in-person visits in a variety of

settings including home, skilled nursing facilities, and public

locations.

Additionally, may perform

face-to-face visits via alternate modalities based on business

need, leadership direction, and state regulations

Order bulk laboratory orders to target specific

populations of member.

Perform alternating

on-call coverage to triage any urgent lab results and pharmacy

inquiries and develop appropriate plan of care

Participate in community-based “Pop Up Clinics” as way of

building relationship with community while addressing gaps in

health care

Drive up to 120 miles a day on a

regular basis to a variety of locations within the assigned region.

There may be drives beyond 120 miles as part of Extended Mileage

Special Project days. Special Projects may include an overnight

hotel stay.

Obtain and maintain cross state

license in other states besides home state based on business

need.

Collaborate with fellow nurse

practitioners to develop best practices to perform work duties

efficiently and effectively

Actively

participate in regional meetings

Prescribe

medications and perform procedures as appropriate

Perform timely documentation in medical records in an

electronic medical record computer system

On

occasion, may be required to walk flights of stairs while carrying

up to 50 lbs. of equipment

JOB

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED EDUCATION :

Master's degree in family health from accredited nursing

program

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS

& ABILITIES :

Advanced computer skills. Proficient

with Word, Excel, and Electronic Medical

Record.

REQUIRED LICENSE, CERTIFICATION, ASSOCIATION :

An active and unrestricted national

certification from one of the following organizations : American

Academy of Nurse Practitioners; American Nurses Credentialing

Center

Current state-issued license to

practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner

Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional

certification

Current unrestricted driver’s

license

PREFERRED EDUCATION :

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE :

3-5-year experience as a Registered Nurse

and / or Nurse Practitioner, ideally in a home health, community

health, or public health setting

Previous

experience in home health as a licensed clinician, especially in

management of chronic conditions

Experience

with underserved populations facing socioeconomic barriers to

health care

Fluency in a language in addition

to English is plus

Immunization and point of

care testing skills

To all current Molina employees :

If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply

through the intranet job listing.

Molina

Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package.

Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

M / F / D / V.

#PJNurse

Pay Range :

$101,721 - $198,356 / ANNUAL

• Actual compensation may

vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience,

education and / or skill level.