Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Facility in Sacramento, California

Job description

About the facility

The facility is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) operating in an outpatient setting. The clinic delivers primary care services to a diverse adult patient population and maintains structured clinical workflows consistent with FQHC standards. Each clinician is supported by an assigned medical assistant, and a physician is available on-site.

About the facility location

The area offers clinicians on assignment a range of entertainment, dining, and recreational options suited to varied interests. Live music venues, theater performances, food tours, and sporting events are available at destinations such as Golden 1 Center, Sutter Health Park, and the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center. Family-oriented attractions, including Fairytale Town, an amusement park, and a zoo, are situated within close proximity to one another and surrounded by green space. Outdoor pursuits include kayaking, river rafting, biking, hiking, and scavenger hunts, and a farmers' market at Capitol Mall provides additional options during time away from the assignment.

About the clinician's workday

Clinicians will provide outpatient primary care services to a diverse adult patient population at an on-site FQHC clinic, working Monday through Friday on a day shift schedule for a 40-hour week. Clinical responsibilities encompass the evaluation and management of primary care conditions consistent with standard outpatient practice; pediatric cases are not included in the scope of this assignment. No call coverage is required for this assignment.

Additional job details

• Case load/PPD: Variable
• Support staff: Medical assistants assigned per clinician; MD on-site
• Patient population: Adults
• Location type: On-Site
• Prescriptive authority required: Yes