Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant

Primary Care Providers: Health Advocates Delivering Patient-Centered Care

Who We Are: La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center committed to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care to the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. We have spent over 40 years advocating for and creating a health home for the many that have been denied access to care.

Be Part of an Excellent Care Team: At La Clínica, you will be able to provide primary care in an outpatient setting, allowing you to practice comprehensive medical care. You will deliver care to a resilient patient population that is ethnically diverse and medically complex.

Major Areas of Responsibility

Healthcare Delivery

• Provide medical triage of patients, medical care management, and patient education and counseling to a panel of patients.
• Make referrals to specialty providers and follow-up to ensure that patients’ bio-psychosocial needs are addressed.
• Deliver evidence-based care that supports our aim for improved health outcomes.
• Perform routine, acute, urgent, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative medical care to patients.
• Serve as a member of the cross-functional team of providers engaged in routine and preventive primary care.
• Prescribe medications, treatments, or therapies and order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.

Patient Experience

• Deliver well and chronic disease care with cultural humility to a diverse patient population.
• Have flexibility in meeting patients’ needs, and participating in evening and Saturday rotation clinics.
• Develop a positive rapport with patients and families to foster the provider/patient relationship.
• Conduct in-home assessments of patients as appropriate.

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Serve as a member of the cross-functional team of providers consulting on the management of complicated cases.
• Consult with physicians on the management, assessment, and treatment of specific cases as needed.
• Suggest improvements for clinic flow, patient scheduling, and service delivery.
• Supervision of medical assistants by providing patient consultation as needed.

Minimum Job Requirements

Knowledge

• Knowledge and experience with Electronic Health Record programs.
• High degree of interpersonal competence with staff and patients.
• Cultural competence working in diverse/low-income communities.

Abilities

• Ability to deal effectively with complex patient profiles and maintain good working relationships.
• Must have the physical stamina to function effectively in a position that involves heavy lifting (50lbs).
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively.

Experience and Other Certifications

• Must hold a current BLS Certificate.
• Requires board certification or the ability to obtain it within 6 months of employment.
• Requires valid California license and DEA.
• Nurse Practitioner: Current license from the California Board of Registered Nursing and national certification.
• Physician Assistant: Current license from the California Physician Assistant Committee and certification exam passage.