Grow Your Nurse Practitioner Career With Shasta Community Health & Join As A Clinical Preceptor | Loan Repayment + More

Shasta Community Health Center is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join its esteemed team as a Clinical Preceptor!

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About The Position

The NP/PA Clinical Preceptor is a teaching clinician with direct patient care responsibility, also responsible for the management of fellows within the NP/PA Postgraduate Fellowship in Primary Care under the direction of the NP/PA Fellowship Program Director. The NP/PA Clinical Preceptor position is expected to carry a patient panel and responsible for precepting oversight of panels of the licensed NP/PA fellows in the Postgraduate Fellowship in Primary Care.

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Job Details

• Maintain adequate office hours for fellow consultation and advisement.
• Coordinate with Program Director, the fellows’ Quality Improvement Project by communicating project expectations, and incremental deadlines.
• Determine date and time of Quality Improvement Project with Presentations with Program Director.
• Work at the direction of the Medical Director and Program Director to help develop learning objectives related to clinical practice.
• Instructional responsibilities include direct patient care with fellows in clinic as required, assessment of fellow outcomes.
• Assist the Program Director and Medical Director in continuously re-evaluating anticipated educational needs of fellows as requirements of the NP/PA evolve and change.
• Assist in selection of fellowship candidates.
• Meet with the Program Director weekly to discuss programmatic issues.
• Attend all required meetings related to the fellowship, which at times, may include lunch meetings.
• Team building events and meetings are an important part of the success of the Postgraduate Fellowship in Primary Care and attendance of these events should be a priority.
• Take appropriate history and physical examination of patients.
• Order pertinent diagnostics and implement appropriate therapy according to scope of practice guidelines.
• Obtain supervising physician's consultation when problems presented are outside scope of practice or when unfamiliar with a particular aspect of the patient's care according to the PA/NP Standardized Procedures.
• Communicate effectively with the patients while involved with their health care, including providing appropriate patient education while answering questions and in history taking.

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Job Qualifications

• ACLS & PALS are optional depended on duties. Clinical instruction experiences preferred
• Current unrestricted California license as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• Minimum 3 years of practice as a provider or graduation from SCHC Postgraduate Fellowship.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a clinical position or graduation from SCHC Postgraduate Fellowship.
• Demonstrates commitment to utilizing Best Practices to enhance a learning environment and serve as a professional role model to the NP/PA Postgraduate Fellowship in Primary Care fellows.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience on electronic medical records.
• Demonstrates knowledge of compliance issues within the community clinic environment
• CPR/BLS certification upon hire and maintain current
• Previous experience working in an outpatient clinic or doctor’s office.