Job Description
Pediatric/Family Nurse Practitioner
School Based Health Centers
25 hrs/week (0.625 FTE)| Salary
Join La Clinica and make a difference. Build your career and find fulfillment in providing care that truly matters. We believe you are more than an advanced practice provider, and we are more than a job. As a federally qualified health center, La Clinica serves people who need us the most through exceptional, affordable, compassionate care. We understand that to provide good care, our providers need to feel cared for too. La Clinica promotes a healthy work-life balance, offering flexible scheduling options, comprehensive benefits, and wellness programs designed to support your overall well-being.
La Clinica welcomes providers with a deep sense of passion for the underserved. We value cultural diversity and teamwork, and we love our patients and enthusiastically treat them with the same care, respect, and dignity that we would our friends, family, and neighbors because that is who they are.
We are in Southern Oregon, nestled between the Cascade and Siskiyou mountains. The Rogue Valley and surrounding area in Southern Oregon offer:
- Breathtaking natural scenery
- Extensive trail systems and large parks with rivers and lakes
- A quick trip of just a few hours to the beauty and recreational opportunities of the Oregon coast
- Local cuisine, microbrews, and wine
- Mild climate year-round that’s drier than Eugene and Portland
- Outdoor recreation
- Vibrant arts and entertainment activities
Friendly communities make this an ideal region for setting down roots and building a community in a new home. Whether you want to be in the cultural capital of Ashland, bustling Medford, or out in the country with more land, the southern part of the state has much to offer to young families and people looking for the perfect place to retire. Most of the area has a rural feel, and even the larger cities have a small-town spirit with tight-knit communities and plenty of local character making them some of the best places to live in Southern Oregon.
Position Details:
We are in search of an experienced pediatric or family nurse practitioner to work in our school-based sites 5 hours per day, Monday-Friday.
At all our school-based sites, our multi-disciplinary teams focus on providing excellent medical and behavioral health care and supporting the emotional and social needs of youth. The goals of the provider at school based sites are to support primary care with an eye towards collaboration with their PCP, both internally at La Clinica and externally with community providers. Always aim to keep the child in school as much as possible. Provide primary care when there are barriers to accessing services elsewhere.
As a primary care medical home, La Clinica serves 28,000 patients annually throughout our eight health care centers, 20 school sites, 36-chair dental clinic, and mobile health center. We are an innovative non-profit organization, with the focus on providing exceptional health care to all who have barriers to care and include integrative behavioral and dental health care in our practices.
Position highlights:
- La Clinica values work-life balance and offers a competitive benefits package that includes generous paid vacation, Continuing Medical Education (CME), and other valuable employee benefits.
- We are a National Health Service Corp (NHSC) loan repayment site, with a medical HPSA score of 19.
- We strive to create a comprehensive benefits package that considers the needs and expectations of our providers. See all benefits here.
Qualifications:
- Successful applicants must have graduated from an accredited school with board certification or board eligibility.
- We prefer experience with low-income children and families and in migrant and community health.
- English language fluency is expected, and Spanish languageproficiencyis valued.
- Applicants mustpossessan active Oregon license.
- Applicants must also possess CPR certification and an active DEA license.
Join our team of mission-driven professionals today.
- Learn more about La Clinica here
- Questions? Email us: [email protected]