Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA)

Description OUR MISSION Wellness Equity Alliance is a national multidisciplinary health organization that designs and delivers integrated, community-based care for populations most impacted by health inequities. We do this through mobile and field-based models, providing medical care, behavioral health services, substance use treatment, harm reduction, and care coordination in nontraditional settings such as encampments, schools, reentry sites, and rural communities as well as with sovereign tribal nations. Grounded in trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and data-driven practices, WEA combines clinical expertise, lived experience, and advanced population health analytics to reduce barriers to care, improve continuity, and strengthen local systems. We have partnered with more than 60 public agencies, managed care plans, and community-based organizations across the U.S. to implement scalable, sustainable programs that are advancing health equity and improving outcomes for historically marginalized populations

We are known as Renegades, Rebels, Disruptors and Dreamers. If that sounds like you we want you on our team.

Job Description

Purpose of the position WEA has launched a unique street medicine program featuring primary care, mental health, substance use disorder treatment, and infectious disease management in several regions across Southern California.

As an Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) with strong experience working with special populations, the position provides healthcare to the unsheltered homeless in and around Downtown Los Angeles wherever they may be living, including encampments, tents, vehicles, shelters, or temporary housing . This role includes working alongside diverse healthcare workers such as nurses, case managers, and others to assist individuals in adopting healthy behaviors, with the ultimate goal of improving health disparities and advancing individual and community health.

The APP is responsible for the mental and physical well-being of the community by advocating for health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and education. The APP is a trusted member of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the APP to serve as the first healthcare professional who defines evident or underlying health issues. As these positions represent some of the early roles to help build this program, the APP must have a considerable understanding of and direct experience working with communities, in a public health capacity.

• Key Responsibilities Perform initial patient screenings, patient history, physical examinations, and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines in accordance with the California Association for Nurse Practitioners and American Association of Nurse Practitioners or the California Academy of Physician Assistants (California PA Practice Act).