We are seeking a skilled Licensed Acupuncturist to join our team at Petaluma Health Center. As a key member of our comprehensive, integrated team, you will provide comprehensive acupuncture services and treat pain in our diverse patient population.

• Utilize acupuncture to stimulate certain points on or near the surface of the body by the insertion of needles to prevent or modify the perception of pain or to normalize physiological functions.
• May utilize needles, manual therapies, acupressure, and thermal therapies as within L.A.c scope of practice.
• Provides an accurate diagnosis, supported by medical findings based on standardized examination and techniques generally accepted by the medical community including TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Western diagnostic techniques.
• Performs routine evaluation, management and treatment services.
• Educates patients on appropriate therapeutic exercises, qi exercises, breathing techniques, meditation, and other self-care activities per the L.A.c scope of practice.
• When applicable, conducts dietary and nutritional counseling per the LAC scope of practice.
• Identifies ways to improve care of patients, and makes recommendations to the Chief Medical Officer, Team Director of Integrative Medicine and Wellness, and Internal Quality Improvement Committee.
• Participates in quality improvement of the program in conjunction with other services offered.

• Current licensure to practice as a L.A.c issued by the California Board of Acupuncture.
• (optional) Certification by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology or Oriental Medicine.
• Experience working in a community health center and/or providing acupuncture in a community acupuncture model.
• Bilingual / conversational Spanish preferred.