Physician Assistant

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Esses a Nurse Practitioner the incumbent delivers services in a team based patient-centered reural health primary care clinic serving insured and uninsured children and adults with a special emphasis on care for persons who experience barriers to accessing care due to income language cultural and social barriers. The incumbent must be willing to work a flexible schedule when circumstances necessitate. The incumbent will report to the Director of Clinical:

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Nursing
• RN NP BLS and DEA certifications
• Active licensure as a registered nurse in California or possession of a temporary California RN license (TL) a California (California Code of Regulations Section 1482) and  Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in good standing from the California State Board of Nursing.
• National Nurse Practitioner Certification in good standing from either the: AANP (American Academy of Nurse Practitioners) or ANCC (American Nurse Credentialing Center).
• Prescribing & Dispensing Authority in good standing from the California Board of Nursing (if dispensing medications) and Controlled Substance Registration Certificate from the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (if dispensing narcotics).
• National Provider Identifier (NPI) number; satisfactory report from the National Practitioner Data Bank; and ability to successfully meet the organizations credentialing and privileging processes upon hire and biannually thereafter.

• One (1) year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner in an outpatient primary care clinic community health center etc.
• Ability to verbally communicate in Spanish is highly desirable
• ACLS preferred