Pediatric - Advanced Practice Provider - (N.P./P.A)

Crossing Healthcare • Decatur, IL

19d • $113,999 - $162,073 • Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a primary care Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA) who manages uncomplicated acute and stable chronic illness. The APP is responsible for health assessment, early detection of illness, health promotion, disease prevention, and management. The role may also develop or coordinate special programs related to the provider’s area of expertise. There are no supervisory responsibilities.

The APP provides care in collaboration with other health professionals and healthcare team members, maintains clinical privileges and professional knowledge, and completes medical records and billing documentation in a timely manner. The position may include care at offsite locations and mutually agreed-upon on-call responsibilities.

Requirements

• Completion of a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program leading to certification.
• Current license to practice in the State of Illinois.
• Extensive knowledge of physical assessment, diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and management of acute and chronic illness.
• Ability to work with patients from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to follow established procedures, stay organized, learn quickly, and multitask.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and remain calm in stressful situations.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively.
• Ability to take initiative and demonstrate integrity, professionalism, and strong customer service in a fast-paced, moderately stressful environment.
• Ability to maintain competence in clinical privileges and professional growth consistent with current medical practice standards.
• Excellent communication skills and a patient- and staff-friendly manner.
• Proficiency with telephone systems, computers, and basic office equipment.
• Ability to perform moderate activity, including incidental walking, standing, bending, reaching, and lifting or carrying loads up to 25 pounds for short distances.
• Ability to work around blood, bodily fluids and tissues, contagious diseases, and potentially hazardous materials, including radioactive materials.
• Ability to stand for extended periods and maintain the eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity needed to deliver medical services and use equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Spanish language skills are desirable.
• A minimum of three years of current clinical experience is preferred, including one year in the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive health assessments through patient and family histories, physical examinations, and assessment of responses to actual or potential health problems.
• Orders and interprets tests and diagnostic studies as indicated and within patient care guidelines and standards.
• Establishes diagnoses based on assessments and appropriate diagnostic tests and procedures.
• Implements treatment plans within established medical protocols and determines plans for reassessment.
• Prescribes and regulates medications according to the collaborative agreement.
• Coordinates follow-up with patients regarding abnormal test results, additional treatment, and referrals to specialists.
• Identifies individual patient and family education needs and provides or coordinates education, including health promotion, prevention, and maintenance.
• Records assessments, observations, treatment plans, interventions, and evaluations in medical records.
• Manages patient care in collaboration with healthcare professionals and team members to make treatment decisions and attain health goals.
• Completes medical record documentation and billing requirements in a timely manner according to organizational standards.
• Delegates assessments, treatments, or tasks to clinical staff as appropriate to their licensure, competency, and knowledge.
• Establishes and maintains appropriate clinical privileges.
• Provides care at offsite locations as assigned.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team and community agencies to provide comprehensive care.
• Maintains and enhances professional knowledge and completes continuing education required for licensure.
• Assumes mutually agreed-upon on-call responsibilities with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
• Connects indigent, uninsured, disabled, or underinsured patients and families with applicable federal, state, or local resources.
• Attends and participates in provider staff meetings.
• Participates on Continuous Quality Improvement committees as assigned by the CMO.
• Performs other duties within the limits of advanced practice licensure.

Benefits

• Paid time off: 200 hours in the first year, increasing with seniority; may be used for holidays, vacation, sick leave, or personal time.
• 401(k) retirement plan beginning in the 13th month of employment, with a 3% safe harbor non-elective contribution and a 50% match on the first 4% contributed by the employee.
• Eligibility to apply for HRSA’s National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.
• Paid short-term disability and life insurance.
• Optional health insurance and voluntary dental, vision, additional life, critical care, and accident benefits; significant employer contribution toward health insurance.
• Health club or fitness reimbursement through the BCBS plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time