Bilingual Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Bilingual Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
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26-04-2025
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firsthand supports individuals living with SMI (serious mental illness). Our holistic approach includes a team of peer recovery specialists benefits specialists and clinicians. Our teams focus on meeting each individual where they are and walking with them side by side as a trusted guide and partner on their journey to better health.
firsthands team members use their lived experience to build trust with these individuals and support them in reconnecting to the healthcare they need while minimizing inappropriate healthcare utilization. Together with our health plan partners we are changing the way our society supports those most impacted by SMI.
We are cultivating a team of deeply passionate problemsolvers to tackle significant and complex healthcare challenges with us. This is more than a jobits a calling. Every day you will engage in work that resonates with purpose gain wisdom from motivated colleagues and thrive in an environment that celebrates continuous learning creativity and fun.
At firsthand our Nurse Practitioners are referred to as Health Guides (HGs). Our HGs are dedicated and compassionate advocates leading the individuals we serve on a journey towards wellbeing and recovery.
In each of firsthands markets a Health Guide (licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) leads the medical aspects of teambased care for individuals with serious mental illness that firsthand serves. The Health Guide (HG) is responsible for whole person assessment and management of our vulnerable population collaborating closely with external primary care and behavioral health providers as well as an internal team of firsthand Guides (peers) and Community Resources Guides (social workers).
As a HG you will make significant impact by:
- Assessing both behavioral and physical health conditions with a thorough history and physical examination
- Verifying previously diagnosed conditions and capturing conditions not yet diagnosed based on review of medical records evidencebased practice clinical judgment and diagnostic studies.
- Completing timely and high quality urgent care visits
- Overseeing transitions of care by conducting posthospital discharge visits to ensure a stabilizing plan is in place to avoid unnecessary rehospitalizations.
- Conducting visits in the in the office virtually in the field or in an individuals home when needed
- Ensuring continuity of care referring to community primary and behavioral health providers and specialists based on assessed needs
- Supporting individuals in developing and exercising self management skills and personcentered care around their individual goals and preferences via motivational interviewing and holistic care planning
- Organizing clinical information in a manner that supports appropriate clinical documentation criteria for successful disability applications (if appropriate)
- Collaborating with a team of clinical documentation specialists certified coders and medical assistants
As a HG you will lead the medical component of the teambased care provided by firsthand including:
- Training and advising roles like Health Guide Associates (Medical Assistants) and firsthand Guides (Peer Recovery Specialists) on behavioral clinical and social health priorities
- Supporting care coordination
- Leading care and disease management and identifying actionable care gaps
- Communicating and coordinating with individuals care providers primarily at CMHCs FQHCs and hospitals
- Providing direct patient care when unscheduled care needs cannot be met by existing community providers
As a HG you will collaborate with other team members to provide integrated care:
- Assist firsthand Guides (Peer Specialists) with engagement and recovery support
- Work with the firsthand Care Teamand the Community Resources Guide in supporting individuals SDOH needs and with medical eligibility assessments for disability applications
HGs have:
- Motivation & Productivity: Intrinsic drive to excel in visit productivity and deliver toptier performance.
- Empathy & Compassion: Approachability active listening and excellent interpersonal skills combined with the ability to establish and maintain professional boundaries even in challenging situations.
- Technological Proficiency: Strong comfort with technology including familiarity with Electronic Health Records (EHR) and tools like Google Suite (preferred).
- Clinical Expertise: Robust clinical acumen in managing chronic disease and behavioral health within outpatient settings.
- DataDriven Mindset: Eagerness to utilize data to inform care decisions and perform datadriven care.
- Adaptability: Natural ability to adapt to diverse assignments and dynamic goals in nontraditional work conditions.
- Commitment to Wellness: Genuine desire to help individuals on their journey toward improved health.
- Cultural Competence: Cultural humility traumainformed care practices and an understanding of social determinants of health.
- Team Collaboration: Strong teamwork skills comfortable working within multidisciplinary teams and balancing roles such as direct service teaching and care management.
- Local Knowledge: Familiarity with local providers and community resources.
- Communication & Organizational Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication attention to detail and the ability to thrive in a fastpaced environment.
- Reliable Connectivity: Access to highspeed internet for effective remote work.
Required experience includes:
- 3 years clinical care as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in a primary care or emergency room setting
- Working with and managing a population with challenges such as behavioral health and/or SUD conditions
- Developing and delivering educational programs to nurses and affiliated medical staff
- Care management and coordination experience.
- Valid drivers license in good standing with the ability to operate a vehicle and eligibility to drive under the companys insurance policy.
- High proficiency in Spanish
$142500 $142500 a year
Benefits
For fulltime employees our compensation package includes base equity (or a special incentive program for clinical roles) and performance bonus potential. Our benefits include physical and mental health dental vision 401(k) with a match 16 weeks parental leave for either parent 15 days/year vacation in your first year (this increases to 20 days/year in your second year and beyond) and a supportive and inclusive culture.
Vaccination Policy
Employment with firsthand is contingent upon attesting to medical clearance requirements which include but may not be limited to: evidence of vaccination for/immunity to COVID19 Hepatitis B Influenza MMR Chickenpox Tetanus and Diphtheria. All employees of firsthand are required to receive these vaccinations on a cadence/frequency as advised by the CDC whereas not otherwise prohibited by state law.
New hires may submit for consideration a request to be exempted from these requirements (based on a valid religious or medical reason) via forms provided by firsthand. Such requests will be subject to review and approval by the Company and exemptions will be granted only if the Company can provide a reasonable accommodation in relation to the requested that approvals for reasonable accommodations are reviewed and approved on a casebycase basis and availability of a reasonable accommodation is not guaranteed.
Unfortunately we are not able to offer sponsorship at this time.
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