Full Time Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatry

Family Health Centers of San Diego is a private nonprofit community health center that is an integral part of San Diego's healthcare safety net. Since 1970, our mission has been to provide caring, affordable, high quality healthcare and supportive services to everyone, with a special commitment to uninsured, low income and medically underserved persons.

San Diego offers a spectacular coast, incredible weather, and scenic communities—a great place to live, work, and thrive.

We offer an excellent and comprehensive benefits package that includes a competitive base salary, additional compensation for ancillary responsibilities, NHSC Loan Repay eligibility, Continuing Medical Education, a variety of health insurance options, a retirement plan matching program, incentives for quality, productivity, and retention, malpractice insurance, and much more. We currently have new NHSC HRSA Scores and all clinics are eligible for NHSC Loan Repay.

As a provider and leader for Family Health Centers of San Diego, you thrive on the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment, knowing you are making a difference in your community every day.

Join our team and contribute to making our services “Exceptional in Every Way!”  Every member of our team plays an important role in improving the health of our patients and community.

• Core functions include diagnosing and treating acute and chronic health/mental health care problems, performing adult care check-ups and/or follow-up as indicated per treatment plan,  prescribing medication when indicated, creating and updating treatment plans,  acting as the Mental Health Treatment Coordinator when appropriate, and teaching health promotion and disease prevention to patients and/or family members.
• Performs general evaluation for mental and medical health status, including but not limited to, completing full intake mental health evaluations,  ordering of diagnostic procedures/labs/medical supplies, formulating plans of care, prescribing medication, making appropriate consults to specialty areas and ensuring that  immunizations and PPD's are current as required or needed. 
• Maintains satisfactory peer reviews: able to assess medical information including pathophysiology, patient presentation, differential diagnosis, etc, in order to facilitate health promotion and disease prevention.
• Completes all required documentation accurately, timely and thoroughly in accordance with department standards and to comply with electronic medical record requirements, including medication reconciliation, finalizing notes, clearing out personal pool, and participating in clinic pool.
• Meets clinic site and organization needs in a reliable and flexible manner; prioritizes work and makes an effort to adhere to schedule.
• Participates in administrative duties, including lab reports, charts, and medication refills reviewed and managed appropriately.
• Participate in Clinical Outcomes Program and work towards meeting organizational targets for all metrics.
• Maintain FHCSD behavioral standards, including (but not limited to), effective listening and communication skills and respectful interactions with colleagues and patients.
• Assesses and intervenes for urgent and/or emergent  mental health problems. 
• Provides nurse practitioner support and consultation to other outpatient clinics in area of expertise when available and appropriate.
• Seeks physician consultation during scheduled supervision meetings or as needed when managing a medical or mental health  condition that is not resolving as anticipated, feels adjustments  in medication/therapy have not brought about the expected improvements, or any time the nurse practitioner seeks additional expertise on providing  appropriate treatment for a specific condition. 
• Electronic progress notes will be in problem-oriented  format and sufficiently detailed to obtain a clear picture of the patient's current health status. In addition, all patient contacts and visits with physician involvement must include the name of the physician in the progress notes.
• Performs duties relying, as needed, on standardized procedures that allow for the collaborating  physician to be available to the NP by phone or in person
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Education/Certifications/Licenses/Registrations

• Ability and means to travel as needed in a timely manner within San Diego County. DRIVER REQUIREMENTS: Requires an active Class C California driver's license, proof of liability insurance at $100,000, on vehicle used. No more than 2 points in past 12 months; No suspensions in last 2 years for moving violations; No DUI, reckless or felony Driving within 5 years. No license revocation in 7 years.
• Current American Heart Association healthcare provider CPR (BLS), or Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, or Advance Resuscitation Training.
• Current Nurse Practitioner Certification and Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Permit required.
• Current State License and national certification required from one of the following National certifying bodies: 1. The American Academy of Nurse Practitioner 2. Nurse Credentialing Center 3. National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties 4. National Certification Board of Pediatrics Nurse Practitioners & Nurses 5. Oncology Nurse Certification Corporation & Critical Care Certification Corp.
• DEA license
• Master's degree required.

Experience/Specialized skills (including Language)

• 2 years of experience working in an outpatient mental health setting.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) capabilities desired. Cultural and linguistic sensitivity to populations served required.
• Must possess a demonstrated commitment to community medicine and to serve homeless and medically underserved families.
• Basic computer literacy ability to comply with department needs and expectations (i.e., electronic medical record documentation).
• Ability to work effectively with patients from diverse social, cultural and economic groups.
• Knowledge of, and ability to take a detailed medical history, to conduct a physical examination, to follow observation procedures, to order and perform diagnostic and therapeutic tasks, and to exercise a degree of judgment in integrating and interpreting findings on the basis of general medical knowledge.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, and concepts of disease.
• Knowledge of patient care activities, the clinic environment, and how the services and functions interact.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base range for this position, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses.

If you are hired at Family Health Centers of San Diego, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, jurisdictional requirements, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to these factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is what we reasonably expect to pay for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on our benefits offerings is available here: FHCSD Wellness – Employee Hub (gobenefits.net)

Salary : $100,000