Job Description

At Cedars-Sinai, the work you do every day directly impacts others' lives. Our passionate and dedicated culture has earned us six Magnet designations for nursing excellence. Join us and discover why U.S. News & World Report recognizes us as one of America's Best Hospitals!

The Cedars-Sinai mentor program, COACH (Community Outreach Assistance for Children?s Health) for Kids, is a mobile medical clinic. It centers on addressing the immediate medical, behavioral health, and social needs of underserved children in South Los Angeles. With a community-centered strategy, the program provides free, temporary care and connects families to continuous, quality healthcare and essential community resources.

COACH for Kids provides services directly within the community via a brand new, fully equipped, wheelchair-accessible mobile medical clinic. The schedule typically covers Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with occasional weekend engagements. Care takes place at accessible community venues such as schools, places of love, public housing developments, grocery stores, WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) centers, Head Start programs, homeless shelters, and other neighborhood-based organizations throughout Central and South Los Angeles, including Watts and Crenshaw.

A core goal of the program is to ensure continuity of care. It connects patients to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and other medical homes. These providers support the long-term health needs of the entire family.

COACH for Kids reduces barriers to care and improves health outcomes by meeting families where they are and supporting their transition into comprehensive, continuous healthcare systems.

Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive primary care to pediatric patients in community settings via a mobile clinic, including well-child visits and preventive services.
• Conduct thorough histories, physical exams, and assessments; develop individualized care plans.
• Diagnose/manage acute and chronic conditions; perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Administer immunizations, screenings, and point-of-care testing; interpret results and follow up.
• Educate patients and families on health promotion and disease prevention, tailored to their needs.
• Collaborate with healthcare team and community partners for coordinated, high-quality care.
• Facilitate referrals and coordinate with FQHCs, specialty care, and community resources.
• Serve as onsite clinical lead, supervising staff and ensuring efficient mobile clinic operations.
• Document patient care accurately in electronic medical records.
• Support and mentor clinical staff and students; contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in community outreach and health education events.
• Maintain clinical knowledge through continuing education and uphold Cedars-Sinai standards.
• Ensure a safe and inclusive care environment for underserved and diverse populations.
• Operate in field settings, including mobile and pop-up clinics.

Qualifications

Education:

• Master of Nursing Degree.
• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing.

Experience:

• At least one year of experience working as a Nurse Practitioner in pediatric clinical environments is required.
• Experience working in community-based settings, particularly with underserved populations.
• Proficiency in Spanish is highly desirable.

Licensure/Certifications Requirements:

• CA RN License.
• Nurse Practitioner and Furnishing License.
• National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner credential.
• DEA License (schedule 2-5).
• Current Life Support Certification - BLS and PALS required.

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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