APP Pediatrics - PNP or PA-C

Bronson Healthcare•Kalamazoo, MI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Portage Physicians PC and Bronson Primary Care Partners Pediatrics are currently seeking a full-time Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their well-established and collaborative outpatient practice in the Kalamazoo area. Portage Physicians PC is a primary care group with more than 60 providers, including Pediatrics and Family Medicine. This position highlights working alongside eleven Pediatricians and four APPs in a full-time role with a 4-day work week. It includes rotational half-day Saturday coverage, approximately 1 in 5 weekends, with no call requirement at this time. The role is outpatient only.

Requirements

Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program
Current unrestricted or pending Licensure in the state of Michigan
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient-centered care
Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program
Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications
Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place
Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges
Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation programs, and other software relevant to the job
Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)
Communicates with internal customers such as, physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, management and external customers such as, patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously

Responsibilities

Performs comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interprets laboratory and radiologic tests.
Interprets and correlates subjective and objective patient data, formulating a diagnosis.
Under the direction of the physician, reviews patient findings and develops a treatment plan within the scope of practice.
Performs above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings.
Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.
Concurrent Clinical Management: Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients’ progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care. Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team.
Utilization Review: Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine if the patient requires a higher intensity of service and requires transfer to a hospital setting.
Clinical Management: Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
Evaluate lab, EKG, imaging studies
Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support billing, medical care, orders, and progress notes.
Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluated status changes for patients.