Advanced Practice Provider

Family HealthCare Network•Fresno, CA

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the provision of primary care medical services in a Patient-Centered Health Home context, with a focus on access to care. This role involves the direct provision of primary care medical services, meeting all established productivity expectations. The provider will conduct examinations, review laboratory, referral, and imaging results to determine diagnoses, and document visits accurately using appropriate templates. Accountable for attaining budgeted visits, meeting clinical care measures, and locking records within the 72-hour window. The position also requires meeting Advanced Practice Provider professional focus and goals, providing comprehensive, continuous, and coordinated medical care for acute and chronic illnesses across all ages within a family unit in a community setting. This includes health promotion, maintenance, illness prevention, and applying a holistic healthcare model. Management of chronic diseases and acute illness with broad knowledge in procedural skills, coordination with specialists, and utilization of community resources is essential. The role advocates for access to health care with a focus on structured evaluation, early intervention, and health promotion, and consults with supervising physicians or team members when further input is needed. The provider works within and promotes the Patient-Centered Health Home model of care. Additionally, the role is accountable for providing excellent customer service and care, behaving courteously with patients, families, and staff, remaining aware of wait times, and providing appropriate educational materials. The provider is accountable for patient status as measured by clinical quality measures, promotes daily huddles, incorporates ancillary health team members, sets and monitors self-management plans, assists in assuring clinical procedures and maintaining up-to-date clinical protocols, and completes chart and peer review responsibilities. The role also assists the patient care team with performance improvement efforts, staff education, and FHCN promotion, potentially participating in the rotation of medical, physician assistant students, and dental residents. Participation in Network Health Fairs and community events, as well as site and provider meetings, is expected. The provider must meet Network and credentialing expectations for licensure and employment, adhere to the Attendance and Absenteeism Policy, and be able to present to and work at any FHCN location based on business need. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Performance of the duties and responsibilities of the job requires the equivalent of extensive formal training as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, including an understanding of the application of the theory and practices of the profession to the operation of the organization as part of a master’s degree (or other applicable extended training program).
Ability to create highly complex documents in Microsoft Word, including linking multiple files and embedding objects linked to other documents.
Ability to use advanced functions of Microsoft Excel, such as to create and manage databases, including creating standardized reports, or link multiple worksheets and workbooks.
Ability to develop sophisticated presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint, including the use of embedded objects, transitions, and other elements.
Licensed in the state of California as a Nurse Practitioner and/or licensed in the state of California as a Physician Assistant.
Requires employees to effectively communicate their professional opinions and extrapolations of information they collect, synthesize/analyze.
Employees must determine appropriate methods of communicating information through the use of tables, graphs, charts, and other visual forms.
Duties require the preparation and execution of presentations to large groups.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the direct provision of primary care medical services, meeting all established productivity expectations.
Provide examination and review appropriate laboratory, referral and imaging results to determine a diagnosis.
Document visits accurately utilizing appropriate templates and record relevant data to attain a diagnosis.
Attain budgeted visits.
Meet clinical care measures.
Lock records in the 72-hour window.
Meet Advanced Practice Provider professional focus and goals.
Provide comprehensive, continuous, and coordinated medical care for acute and chronic illness at all ages within the context of a family unit in a community setting.
Provide comprehensive health care including health promotion and maintenance, prevention of illness and disability and application of holistic healthcare model with focus on addressing both protective factors and risk factors affecting the health and wellbeing of patient.
Manage chronic diseases and acute illness with a broad range of knowledge in procedural skills, coordination of care with specialists, and utilization of community resources when appropriate.
Advocate access to health care with a focus on structured evaluation, early intervention, and health promotion.
Consult with supervising physician or other team members on cases that need further input.
Works within and helps to promote the Patient-Centered Health Home model of care.
Accountable for providing excellent customer service and care.
Consistently behaves courteously when interacting with patients/ family members, support staff, and Network staff.
Provider remains aware of wait time during the daily workflow.
Provide the patient with educational materials and resources appropriate to the patient’s health literacy needs.
Accountable for patient status as measured by relevant clinical quality measures.
Promotes and participates in daily huddles.
Incorporates the participation of ancillary health team members in managing the care of patients/families.
Setting and monitoring self-management plans.
Assisting in the assurance of clinical procedures and the maintenance of up-to-date clinical protocols.
Completes chart and peer review responsibility in a timely manner.
Assists the patient care team with performance improvement efforts, staff education, and FHCN promotion.
Assisting the patient care team with performance evaluations and quality improvement.
Where relevant participate in rotation of medical, physician assistant students and dental residents.
Participates in Network Health Fairs and other community events.
Participates in site and provider meetings in a meaningful way.
Meets Network and credentialing expectations for licensure and employment.
Responsible for adhering to the Attendance and Absenteeism Policy, recognizing that regular attendance is considered an essential function of all FHCN positions. Absenteeism is not being at work or failing to attend a paid workshop, training, or event unless the absence is protected by law.
Ability to present to and work at any FHCN location, both at the beginning of a shift or during a shift, based on business need.
Performs other duties as assigned.