Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Urgent Care - Beverly Hills, CA

Job Description

The Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Urgent Care Team.

Our Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants practice incorporates both independent decision-making abilities and collaboration with our Physicians to provide expert care to the patients. This role has the ability to provide care to a special patient population and those with diverse cultural backgrounds.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs a physical examination based on age and history and dictates a progress note if needed with the appropriate physicians.

• Performs and/or orders preventive and diagnostic procedures based on the patient's age and history.

• Identifies health and medical risk factors.

• Provides and documents patient, family and significant other education and outcomes, including smoking, cessation, pneumococcal vaccination and other patient specific subjects, utilizing effective teaching methods.

• Evaluates and assesses patient/family readiness to learn; individualized learning ability; provides age specific education; initiates and reinforces as needed.

• Performs outpatient procedures as needed

Qualifications

License/Certification requirements:

• CA NP or PA license required

• Board certification

• Drug Enforcement Administration certificate required.

• Basic Life Support certification

Experience:

• Minimum two (2) or more years of Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant experience in Urgent Care or Primary Care