Advanced Practice RN or Physician Assistant

True Health•Sanford, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

True Health is seeking an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant with infectious disease experience to provide family medicine and infectious disease care at True Health locations. The provider assesses, diagnoses, treats, educates, and provides follow-up care to patients from infancy through geriatric age, while maintaining accurate records and working within the authorized scope of practice. The role includes primary care for family medicine patients, including those managing infectious diseases, and focuses on HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections, and emerging infectious diseases. The provider collaborates with primary care and specialty providers, including behavioral health and dental professionals, to improve patient outcomes. Duties include developing and monitoring individualized treatment plans; coordinating specialty care; advising patients on prevention and management; participating in quality activities, peer review, community events, student and peer training, and assigned on-call coverage. The position reports to the Chief Medical Officer.

Requirements

Current national board certification.
Current Florida state license in good standing, which must be maintained.
Must meet the role’s criminal background clearance requirements.
Must successfully complete a post-offer drug and alcohol screening; employees are also subject to random screenings.
Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based model with physicians, nurses, behavioral health providers, pharmacists, and care coordinators.
Experience providing care to underserved, uninsured, Medicaid, and Medicare populations.
Knowledge of FQHC regulations, HRSA requirements, quality measures, and value-based care initiatives.
Experience managing diverse patient populations, including pediatric, adult, geriatric, and behavioral health patients.

Nice To Haves

HIV Specialist certification or significant HIV clinical experience; American Academy of HIV Medicine HIV Specialist certification is preferred.
Prior experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center or community health center.
Bilingual English/Spanish skills.
Experience with electronic health record systems, preferably EPIC or similar.
DEA registration, preferred or obtainable within six months of employment.
Experience managing and treating patients in the Ryan White Program.

Responsibilities

Examine patients, record histories, and follow proper charting protocols.
Consult with physicians and other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive care plans.
Order or perform tests and imaging as needed, analyze results, diagnose conditions, and report findings to patients.
Submit patient care plans and goals for periodic physician review, as applicable.
Administer or prescribe treatment and medications within the provider’s authorized scope of practice.
Promote health through patient guidance on diet, hygiene, and disease prevention; inoculate and vaccinate as required.
Refer patients to specialists when needed for their well-being.
Perform minor surgical procedures within the provider’s scope of practice and privileges.
Report deaths and contagious diseases to appropriate government authorities, as applicable.
Report incidents through the required channels, including the Department of Risk and Compliance and the intranet; report violence, aggression, suspected abuse, and human trafficking as required.
Participate in at least one clinical quality committee and in the peer review process, as indicated.
Represent True Health in the community and at community events.
Provide assigned on-call coverage and participate in True Health emergencies, including Nurse Stats.
Precept and train students, healthcare professionals, and provider peers, as assigned.
Diagnose and manage acute and chronic infectious diseases.
Provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS care, including initiation, monitoring, and modification of antiretroviral therapy management.
Apply knowledge of HIV prevention treatments, including PrEP and PEP, and HIV transmission.
Monitor HIV-associated comorbidities, including opportunistic infections, cardiovascular, kidney, liver, and metabolic diseases, and malignancies.
Evaluate and treat hepatitis A, B, and C; manage uncomplicated treatment and coordinate specialist care for advanced cases.
Evaluate and treat tuberculosis infections and manage sexually transmitted infections, including diagnosis, treatment, and comorbidities.
Manage and treat emerging infectious diseases and coordinate care with other specialties.
Assist in developing protocols for communicable disease management.
Develop individualized treatment plans, monitor progress, and educate patients about infectious disease management, treatment, and prevention.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned.