Description

You will provide frontline, evidence-based care to patients experiencing homelessness, behavioral health challenges, and complex chronic conditions as part of Akido's Street Medicine team in the San Francisco Bay Area. Working in dynamic, field-based settings, you'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and leverage AI-driven tools to deliver compassionate care to underserved populations.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience with CalAIM populations of focus (people experiencing homelessness, adults with SMI/SUD, adults transitioning from incarceration, adults with complex medical needs).
• Experience providing clinical care in street medicine or related settings (e.g., homeless shelters, outreach programs), with strong familiarity with Bay Area resources for underserved populations.
• Strong familiarity with San Francisco Bay Area resources, including medical, social, and community services for underserved populations.
• Comfortable providing direct care in outdoor, field-based settings under dynamic and unpredictable conditions.
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of work time: Valid CA Driver’s License, reliable and insured vehicle.
• Active, unrestricted California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Active California Nurse Practitioner certification.
• National Nurse Practitioner board certification (AANP or ANCC).
• California Furnishing Number.
• DEA registration (or eligibility to obtain).
• National Provider Identifier (NPI) number.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline care to patients experiencing homelessness, behavioral health challenges, serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and complex chronic conditions, including patients transitioning from incarceration.
• Manage diverse patient panels by delivering acute, chronic, and preventative care directly in the field.
• Conduct patient assessments, gather histories, perform physical exams, order and interpret diagnostics, and prescribe treatment in accordance with NP scope of practice and state regulations.
• Collaborate closely with physicians and the broader care team to address atypical and complex patient cases, while exercising independent clinical judgment within scope of practice.
• Design and implement care plans that support patients as they work toward stability and improved health outcomes.
• Collaborate daily with a multidisciplinary team — physicians, nurses, social workers, outreach staff — to prioritize and coordinate care.
• Document all encounters to maintain accurate, up-to-date records for continuity of care.