PRN Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

The Iowa Primary Care Association is actively recruiting a PRN Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide care for a migrant farmworker clinic program in Des Moines, IA!

About the Migrant Farmworker Program:

• Farmworkers perform difficult labor and are in the fields from early morning until late evening, sometimes seven days a week. Such a schedule does not facilitate access to health care services. There are also language barriers and transportation issues.
• Health care clinics are scheduled in locations where farmworkers are working and living, during the hours when workers are available for services. In these locations, workers receive vital exams such as blood pressure, temperature, height and weight, and blood profiling to check for anemia, cholesterol, and diabetes. All patients are able to have a complete physical exam.

Take advantage of this unique to opportunity provide healthcare to the migrant farm workers of Iowa!

Role Details:

• Hours: Day of the week is flexible Monday-Friday + once a month Saturday clinic; Ideally 1 day per week with 4 hours of clinic + charting time
• Clinic Info:   
  • 2  exam rooms, lab draw room, 340b pharmacy, point of care lab machines.
  • 45 minutes for new patient, 30 minutes for follow up
  • Team Lead, Health Aide and Receptionist to support this position.
  • Potential to work at other mobile locations if desired. 
• EHR: Ochin Epic

Duties:

• Travel to farmworker job sites and provide primary care services via a mobile clinic.
• Perform primary care including conduct health histories and physicals, diagnose, determine course of action, order labs and tests, interpret results within scope of practice.
• Primarily adult patient population.
• Bilingual in Spanish strongly desired.

Benefits:

• Hourly compensation, $50/hour

Join us in making a difference in the community while enjoying a rewarding career with a supportive work environment!

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner in the State of Iowa
• or Licensed Physician Assistant in the State of Iowa