Advanced Practice Provider (APP) (NP) – CU Medicine Family Medicine – Park Meadows Clinic - Sr. Instructor

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

14d•Onsite

About The Position

Within an outpatient ambulatory practice setting, within the context of a clinical care team and a Patient Centered Medical Home Residency practice, this role provides full spectrum ambulatory care including chronic disease management, acute and urgent care, and wellness and preventative care for adult and pediatric patients. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) evaluates, assesses, diagnoses, prescribes, and educates patients regarding their particular illness or chronic disease. The position provides high quality primary care, evaluates and treats acute and chronic problems, completes histories, thorough assessments and physical examinations, and collaborates with other departments and colleagues, such as the pharmacy, to ensure optimal patient virtual care, including via telehealth appointments. The total FTE commitment is 1.00 cFTE, with 32 hours of appointable clinic hours per week and 8 hours per week of clinical administrative time (paperwork, documentation, required meetings, required trainings, etc.).

Requirements

Masters/Doctor of Nursing practice degree or graduation from an NCCPA-approved physician assistant program
Licensed as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the State of Colorado.
Completion of required 1,000 hours (provisional prescription authority/mentorship) or other minimum as defined by State of Colorado in order to obtain full prescriptive authority and DEA registration.
Medicare/Medicaid credentials.
Unrestricted DEA license
National certification by ANCC or AANP as family or adult nurse practitioner (if FNP).

Nice To Haves

Minimum 3+ years (full time) of FNP experience working in a Patient Centered Medical Home/Ambulatory Family Medicine practice
Experience working with Epic or another EHR.
Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served; the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the office’s policies and procedures.
Demonstrates cultural humility and commitment to minimizing implicit bias in clinical care
Ability to consult with supervisory physicians on patient care and administrative issues.
Able to document history, physical examinations, assessments and treatment plans for each patient by using the electronic medical record and enter follow-up diagnostic testing and laboratory studies that have been ordered.
Able to discuss and promote wellness for all patients.
Knows when and how to refer patients to other health care professionals when the care that needs to be provided is beyond their scope of practice.
Working knowledge of HIPAA.
Ability to prioritize and respond to emergencies in a calm manner.
Ability to verbalize information/directions clearly and concisely.
Ability to administer patient medications properly.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Conflict resolution skills.
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
Ability to analyze, prioritize, and resolve patient and office problems.
Ability to participate effectively as a member of a team.
Ability to simultaneously perform multiple tasks and complete administrative duties correctly and on time.

Responsibilities

Provide Epic in-basket management support for clinicians as directed by the Medical Director/Associate Medical Director.
Provide Epic in-basket management support to patients’ provider has seen and is following up on as well as patients seen by other clinic’s providers when they are away on vacation or FMLA.
Meet with the Medical Director/Associate Medical Director monthly to discuss needs and schedule.
Log in to Epic based on clinic needs and as directed by the Clinic Medical Directors to see if any Critical Labs or on-call issues arose overnight.
Refill medications, review chart in detail, check PDMP for controlled substances. Task to front desk if patient needs to schedule an appointment.
Review any "flagged" labs and notify patient of results.
Answer MHC messages either with a message that their PCP is away and will answer when back or take care of the message completely; protocols to be developed.
Place referrals if appropriate.
Attempt to close the loop in as many tasks as possible.
In person, appointments and patient education based on clinic location staffing needs; clinic flex time as requested by the clinic for schedule leveling.
Provide quality, accessible, cost-effective primary care for patients served by University of Colorado Hospitals and other DFM sites as designated.
Provide direct patient care for empaneled patients or same day acute care patients who require/request same-day appointments.
Collaborate as appropriate with medical staff in the care of complex patients.
Interact with other health professionals to create guidelines and coordinate patient care.
Collaborate with other team members in chronic disease management and patient care management.
May participate in after-hours call pool.
Provide quality care for other populations as assigned.
Support and collaborate with medical, nursing and office staff.
As part of being a faculty member in an academic environment, participate in educational and research activities as opportunities present themselves and/or other duties as assigned by clinical leadership.