Advanced Practice Provider - Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant – Department of Family Medicine Flex APP - Sr. Instructor – CU Medicine Family Medicine – Float

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

69d•$101,450 - $147,522•Onsite

About The Position

In the context of a clinical care team and Patient Centered Medical Home practices, provide float coverage at the UCHealth/Department of Family Medicine North Metro clinic locations to include the Anschutz Medical Campus, Boulder and Westminster. This position will provide full-spectrum ambulatory care including, but not limited to, chronic disease management, acute and “urgent” care, and wellness and preventative care for adult and pediatric patients both in person and via virtual visits. 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 to all patients, evaluate and treat acute and chronic problems for the patient population, complete histories, thorough assessments and physical examinations on all patients with accurate and complete documentation reflected in medical records and collaborates and communicates with other departments and colleagues, such as the pharmacy to ensure optimal patient care. TOTAL FTE COMMITMENT: 1.00 cFTE (32 hours of appointable clinic hours per week and 8 hours per week of clinical administrative time (paperwork, documentation, required meetings, required trainings, etc.) for 45 weeks/year.

Requirements

Masters/Doctor of Nursing practice degree.
Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado.
Licensed/registered as a Family Nurse Practitioner with 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.
National certification by ANCC or AANP as family nurse practitioner.
Minimum 3+ years (full time) of FNP experience working in a Patient Centered Medical Home/Ambulatory Family Medicine practice and taking care of pediatric patients, must be comfortable charting in Epic.
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.
Proficient with patient documentation and charting in an electronic medical records system; preferably Epic.
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.
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.

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.
Demonstrates cultural humility and commitment to minimizing implicit bias in clinical care

Responsibilities

New tasks appear continuously throughout the day, plan to check in-box continually during clinic hours and over the lunch hour.
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, acute care/same day access appointments and patient education based on clinic location staffing needs; no patient empanelment.
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 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.
Will not participate in afterhours 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.