Nurse Practitioner, Occupational Health (9147C) - 11402 About Berkeley

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.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: October 8, 2020

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

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, i.e 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:

• Maintains record systems 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.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Must be able to influence others.
• 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.

Education/Training:

Graduate of a masters level nurse practitioner program with an emphasis in occupational health nursing, preferred and/or equivalent experience/training. Will consider an adult or family nurse practitioner with experience in occupational health.

Licenses or certifications required, if any:

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

• Preferred to have experience in an occupational health clinic with injury care in the California Worker's Compensation system.
• Preferred to have experience conducting medical surveillance examinations.
• Experience and/or training in spirometry through a program approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Experience and/or certification as an Occupational Hearing Conservationist.
Certified Occupational Health Nurse-S or similar certification, preferred.

Salary & Benefits

This position is a non-exempt, bi-weekly paid position. Hourly pay for this role is commensurate with experience within the range of $60.01 - $73.15, Steps 1.0 - 11.0.

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.

Other Information

Employment is contingent on successful completion of: Background Check, Acceptable Medical Evaluation that includes infectious disease surveillance and proof of current required vaccinations or immunity levels, and successful credentials verification (if applicable).

This position is governed by the terms and conditions in the agreement for the Nurse Unit (NX) between the University of California and the California Nurses Association (CNA). The current bargaining agreement manual can be found at: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/nx/index.html


Physical Exam

Employment is contingent upon passing a physical exam.

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/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct



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