Nurse Practitioner - Peds IBD/Digestive Diseases, Westwood

Description The UCLA Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases is currently seeking a compassionate, team-oriented and highly motivated full-time Nurse Practitioner to join our clinical team.
The NP will perform the following functions: Provides direct follow-up care for IBD patients requiring medication monitoring Provides direct follow-up care for patients requiring urgent follow-up visits Provides education to patients and families regarding IBD health maintenance and medication adherence Responds to phone calls and helps answer patient questions Helps communicate tests results to patients Assists with IBD clinical trials including: Screening of patients and H & P visits and data entry.
Communicates with referring physicians and helps coordinate care between disciplines Assists with ordering and renewal of biologic medications.
The Nurse Practitioner reports to the designated medical director for clinical practice and designated person for administrative issues.
The NP should be well-organized and enjoy the management of complex patient; previous gastroenterology experience is strongly preferred.
The NP should have as a desire to build and improve delivery of care to patients and enjoy participation in community outreach and education Salary range: NP1: $72.
86/hourly NP2: $80.
78- 115.
37/hourly Qualifications * CA RN and CA NP licenses-required * MSN/DNP in Peds Acute Care NP or Peds Primary Care NP or FNP Specialty-required * National Certification in NP Specialty-required * BLS certification from ARC or ARC-required * Previous gastroenterology experience- strongly preferred * Ability to utilize excel, word and other software programs-required * Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and collaborative working relationships with-required administrative, clinical and academic personnel-required * Skill in working independently and following through with minimum direction-required * Ability to set priorities-required * Demonstrate writing skills to compose logical, detailed and grammatically correct correspondence-required * Document patient care in a concise and comprehensive manner-required * should be well-organized and enjoy the management of complex patients; previous gastroenterology experience is strongly preferred.
The NP should have a desire to build and improve delivery of care to patients and enjoy participation in community outreach and education * * NP1 : less than 6 months experience * NP2 : 6+ months experience