Family Nurse Practitioner - APP Residency Program

Impact Lives, Impact Community

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina grandmother/community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan, FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in the country. With over 62 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over 417,000 visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care and outreach services to a very diverse patient population. We are proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the cultural and individual diversity of our staff.

Program Description:

Family Health Centers of San Diego's Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Residency Program is a twelve-month educational program for recently-graduated nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The program offers a unique salaried opportunity to improve clinical skills and prepare for a career in community medicine. The program will prepare APPs to manage complex care of patients in a multi-cultural, socioeconomically diverse population. Participants will develop the integrative skills needed to practice in a Patient-Centered Medical Home in a medically underserved community. The 2024-2025 cohort of the program is open specifically to family nurse practitioners.

Core training will consist of:

• Orientation

• Precepted clinical sessions

• Didactics, journaling, case write-ups, and other clinical projects

• Rotations/independent practice

• Close mentorship from experienced clinicians

• Ongoing evaluation to improve individual performance as well as enhance patient care

Four positions will be available for the twelve-month program.

Salary during the program is $100,000 annually with an increase after program completion to $125,000. Full time employment is required.

Candidates must be willing to commute to any of FHCSD's primary care locations.

General Job Description:

Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Nurse Practitioner participating in the APP Residency Program offers and provides complete medical services to patients. As a provider for Family Health Centers of San Diego, you embrace a spirit of service to provide caring, affordable, high quality healthcare and supportive services to everyone, with a special commitment to uninsured, low income and medically underserved persons. You thrive on the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment with many chronically ill patients, knowing you are making a difference in your community every day. You enjoy partnering with the provider team to provide excellence in medical services.

Job Roles

• 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.

• Follows policies and procedures, including (but not limited to), cooperating with the timely submission of credentialing and licensing paperwork; maintaining BLS certification; maintaining CME units based on the requirements of the specifying Board; attending all mandatory meetings; minimizing incident reports; using resources efficiently and practicing medicine in a cost-effective manner.

• Maintains behavioral standards, including (but not limited to), effective listening and communication skills and respectful interactions with colleagues and patients.

• Maintains a minimum productivity of 2.2 patients per hour.

• 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.

• Meets clinic site and organization needs in a reliable and flexible manner; prioritizes work and makes an effort to adhere to schedule.

• Participates in Clinical Outcomes Program and works towards meeting organizational targets for all metrics.

• Participates in administrative duties, including lab reports, charts, and medication refills reviewed and managed appropriately.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Eligibility/Education/Certifications/Licenses/Registrations

• Recent graduate with a master's degree from an accredited nurse practitioner program with less than two years of clinical experience.

• Commitment to a two-year contract with FHCSD upon successful completion of the APP Residency Program.

• 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 eligibility.

Experience/Specialized skills (including Language)

• Ability to work effectively with patients from diverse social, cultural and economic groups.

• Basic computer literacy ability to comply with department needs and expectations (i.e., electronic medical record documentation).

• Bilingual (English plus Spanish, Arabic, Pashto, Dari/Farsi, Haitian Creole, and others) capabilities strongly desired. Cultural and linguistic sensitivity to populations served required.

• 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.

• 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.

• Must possess a demonstrated commitment to community medicine and to serve homeless and medically underserved families.

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

$100,000.00

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)