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Nurse Practitioner, Occupational Health (9147C) 29976
University of California Berkeley
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Posted: 06-Dec-22
Location: Berkeley, California
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 3697388
Nurse Practitioner, Occupational Health (9147C) 29976
At the University of California, Berkeley, we are committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity, and ensures that students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds feel safe, welcome and included. Our culture of openness, freedom and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty and staff.
The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world's leading institutions of higher education, distinguished by its combination of internationally recognized academic and research excellence; the transformative opportunity it provides to a large and diverse student body; its public mission and commitment to equity and social justice; and its roots in the California experience, animated by such values as innovation, questioning the status quo, and respect for the environment and nature. Since its founding in 1868, Berkeley has fueled a perpetual renaissance, generating unparalleled intellectual, economic and social value in California, the United States and the world.
We are looking for equity-minded applicants who represent the full diversity of California and who demonstrate a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds present in our community. When you join the team at Berkeley, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice that requires broad collaboration among faculty, staff, students and community partners. In deciding whether to apply for a position at Berkeley, you are strongly encouraged to consider whether your values align with our Guiding Values and Principles, our Principles of Community, and our Strategic Plan.
Departmental Overview
As a national collegiate leader, University Health Services (UHS) is a comprehensive campus-based health center providing fully accredited medical and mental health care, education, a major medical insurance plan, and innovative health promotion programs for students, faculty and staff. UHS is deeply committed to ensuring affordable, well-integrated, multidisciplinary healthcare that effectively supports the university's diverse campus communities, through equitable access and culturally competent, high-quality programs and services.
The Clinical Services Program within UHS includes primary care, urgent care, occupational health and specialty clinics, clinical laboratory, pharmacy, physical therapy and radiology. Learn more by visiting https://uhs.berkeley.edu/
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Chief, Occupational and Environmental Health Program, the Occupational Health Nurse provides health care to adult patients, including assessing and treating a wide variety of conditions, ailments and injuries with emphasis on work-related injuries and illnesses Involves providing healthcare services within broadened scope of nursing practice. This includes diagnosis of illness and injury, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, ordering/furnishing medications and devices, establishing plans of care that promote health care maintenance (Wellness) and illness prevention. Collaborates with a physician for general medical supervision.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Responsibilities
- Perform history, physical examination, assessment and planning on patients who present to the Occupational Health Clinic with complaints of injury or illness thought to be due to work. This may include telehealth appointments.
- Formulates appropriate disposition and/or treatment plan: Includes ordering and interpreting diagnostic test(s) including laboratory tests, radiographs, spirometry and hearing tests. Prescribes and administers therapeutic treatment modalities including medications, advises patients on how to use medications, performs select procedures; administers local anesthesia, and performs other medical functions, as authorized.
- Determine work-relatedness and causation of injury or illness.
- Maintain appointment template that assures appropriate access for occupational health scheduled and walk-in patients; keep pace within appointment systems during scheduled clinic time.
- Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and determines when to consult or to refer the patient to the Occupational Health Physician and/or community specialist.
- Provides feedback and/or follow-up to patients in a timely fashion.
- Provides appropriate referral to different speciality and/or subspeciality care as deemed appropriate for a particular clinical problem.
- Case management of individual patients, which includes communication with supervisors, UCB department liaisons, UCB Disability Management Services and Sedgwick CMS.
- Case management of all OHC patients.
Medical Surveillance/ Employee Screenings/ Employee medical examinations
- Requires knowledge of OSHA and CalOSHA requirements and other state-of-the-art Occupational medical knowledge
- Perform pre-placement, medical surveillance and other similar physical examinations, telehealth appointments, or on-line review of questionnaires for faculty and staff. Administers vaccines, tuberculin skin tests, vision, and other tests as needed and in scope of practice.
- Screens injured workers for participation in the Occupational Wellness/WorkStrong program.
Emerging campus and public health issues, ie pandemic response
- Assist with phone screening and ordering testing if indicated as part of campus public health policies.
- Return to work clearance. Per campus guidelines in accordance with local public health recommendations, return to work is required in specific public health instances, ie pandemic response to protect campus safety.
Documentation of Practice
- Records content of all patient encounters within the patient's medical record in the S-O-A-P format when appropriate.
- Charts in a succinct, legible and accurate manner.
- Charts in a timely fashion.
- Charting reflects the process of care, patient progress and current patient status.
- Documents and updates: medical problem list as appropriate, allergies and medications.
- Accurately completes all forms relevant to the practice.
Programmatic Support and Administrative Responsibilities
- Maintains record systems used to track health screening programs.
- Works with Occupational Health Nurse Manager, Occupational Health Clinicians, Clinical Assistants, in tracking health screening and vaccinations
- Review and/or develop patient education materials on occupational health topics
- Participates in the administration, including staff meetings, related to the Occupational Wellness Program
- Basic administrative duties as related to online surveillance systems. .
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Requires knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of specialist nurse practitioner duties.
- Requires strong clinical skills
- Willingness to accept constructive feedback, learn, and improve.
- Must be able to effectively communicate with both patients and clinical staff members.
- Must have effective diagnostic and decision making skills in area of Occupational and Environmental Health nursing.
- Must be able to work in a collaborative manner.
- Must be able to diagnose patient conditions and make associated treatment recommendations.
- Must be computer literate; skills must support medical applications (for example, electronic medical records & retrieval, appointment scheduling programs, tracking and screening programs).
- Must be comfortable with telehealth and online surveillance programs.
- Work with clinic lead and nurse manager to implement new or revised clinical and administrative programs.
- Knowledge, skills and abilities associated with the practice of occupational medicine
Licenses or certifications required:
- Certification as an Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner, required.
- Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of California with an active license and furnishing number, required.
- DEA certificate, CURES registration, required
- BLS/CPR certificate, required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Graduate of a masters level nurse practitioner program with an emphasis in Occupational Health nursing.
- Will consider an adult or family nurse practitioner with experience in occupational health.
- Certified Occupational Health Nurse-S or similar certification.
Salary & Benefits
- Salary is commensurate with experience in the range of (1.0) $63.66 - (11.0) $77.61 per hour.
- For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html
How to Apply
Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying. Please upload the document in the Resume section, then skip the (optional) Cover Letter upload section.
Other Information
- 60-100% FTE
- This is a limited (temporary) appointment type with duration of 5-10 months (dependent on FTE %).
- Your employment is dependent on obtaining and maintaining a credentialing clearance, background clearance and medical clearance according to University Health Service policies.
Conviction History Background
This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.
Mandated Reporter
This position has been identified as a Mandated Reporter required to report the observed or suspected abuse or neglect of children, dependent adults, or elders to designated law enforcement or social service agencies. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon completion of signed statements acknowledging the responsibilities of a Mandated Reporter.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see:
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
To apply, visit https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=21&JobOpeningId=29976&PostingSeq=1
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About University of California Berkeley
The University of California was chartered in 1868 and its flagship campus - envisioned as a "City of Learning" - was established at Berkeley, on San Francisco Bay. Today the world's premier public university and a wellspring of innovation, UC Berkeley occupies a 1,232 acre campus with a sylvan 178-acre central core. From this home its academic community makes key contributions to the economic and social well-being of the Bay Area, California, and the nation.
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