The Nurse Practitioner will provide high-quality health care services, treating acute and routine medical conditions in various settings. They will also maintain compliance with medical standards and document patient interactions appropriately.
Requirements summary
Candidates must have a Master's degree from an accredited NP program and appropriate state licensure. They should also possess strong communication skills and a sound understanding of federal and state regulations.
At Sequoia Home Health and Hospice, we’re passionate about our work and take pride in the quality of service we provide.
Our community is uniquely diverse, and it’s our aim to fulfill the unique needs of our patients through excellent individualized care.
Our focus is to help facilitate a smooth and safe transition home and provide life-changing service with the amount of care and dignity our patients and their families deserve.
Sequoia Hospice of the East Bay is growing and looking for experienced Nurse Practitioner to join our provider services team!
JOB SUMMARY The role of the Nurse Practitioner is an instrumental position supporting the organization’s mission of providing life changing service.
We do this by helping our patients to find home as they navigate the complex medical system.
All NPs are responsible for providing competent, cost-effective, timely and high quality health care services that are within their scope of practice.
Sequoia Hospice of the East Bay – Contra Costa County, CA Pay Range: $175,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year Job Type: Full Time Effectively deliver the clinical responsibilities and associated operational responsibilities of a 24/7 mobile medical clinic.
Maintain performance and productivity standards, operational efficiency, excellent customer service and best practice standards.
Treat acute and routine medical conditions via in person, telephone call or telehealth across all settings (e.g.
SNF, ALF and house call visits).
Demonstrate critical thinking, expert care and best practice standards in the clinical decision making process.
Provide care for patients from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, prescribing medications and treatments, providing education and evaluation of care.
Maintain compliance with the established standards of practice of medicine for Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice.
Document findings and actions appropriately in the patient’s medical record.
Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
Participate in professional development activities and maintain professional affiliations and CME’s.
Maintain safe work environment for self, patient, family and staff by using appropriate PPE.
Work collaboratively with team members and community partners such as ALF and SNF staff members, patient family members and home health and hospice team members.
Represent the agency in a professional manner and strive to promote a cooperative atmosphere at all times by acting with tact and diplomacy and maintaining a positive attitude.
Maintain professionalism at all times by being dependable, autonomous and responsible.
Prioritize workload and utilize work time properly and productively.
Be humble and possess the ability to accept criticism and/or discipline.
JOB REQUIREMENTS Must have a Master’s degree from an accredited NP program, possess appropriate state licensure, prescriptive authorization, APN authorization and meet credentialing requirements.
Maintain a current and valid driver’s license, have access to a reliable form of transportation and be willing to drive in various weather conditions.
Ability to communicate effectively, in verbal and written form, with retail and medical partners at various levels, patients, family members, physicians and representatives of the community.
Sound understanding of all federal and state regulations including HIPAA and OSHA.
Why Sequoia Home Health & Hospice?
Sequoia Home Health is part of the Cornerstone Group with about 75 home health and hospice agencies throughout the country.
While we are part of a large family, we operate as a local team.
We understand we are nothing without great employees!
It is through our team’s dedication to deliver life changing service that we become the “provider of choice” in the community that we serve.
Join a culture of high performers who are on a mission to create the best Home Health and Hospice agency in the Bay Area!
What makes us unique?
At Sequoia Home Health, we foster an environment where clinicians and staff members have an unprecedented level of freedom to create and implement the programs that will best serve their patients and communities.
We operate with the Core Values of CAPLICO in mind: Celebration Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Taking Customer Second Ownership We’d love to meet with you if you are passionate about giving exceptional patient care and creating the best Home Health and Hospice agency in the Bay Area!
The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.
The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US.
Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets.
More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com. At Sequoia Home Health, our role is to be the emotional, psychological, and clinical companion to all our patients and their caregivers.
Our focus is to help facilitate a smooth and safe transition back to our client’s homes and improve quality of life by helping them get back to doing what they love.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record.
No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.
