APP Primary Care Same Day Clinic PA-C or NP

Bronson Healthcare • South Haven, MN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Bronson Primary Care Same Day Clinic in South Haven, MI is seeking PAs or NPs with at least 2 years ED, Primary Care or Urgent Care experience to work in a Primary Care setting Full-time. This is a Same Day Walk-In Clinic for Established and Non-Established Patients. The APP will work in an APP and Physician Clinic Model at Bronson LakeView Family Care – Blue Star in South Haven, Michigan. The role involves performing comprehensive and problem-focused histories and physical examinations, interpreting laboratory and radiologic tests, and formulating a diagnosis. Under the direction of the physician, the APP will review patient findings and develop a treatment plan within the scope of practice. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served. The role requires concurrent clinical management, coordinating care with the multi-disciplinary team, and performing utilization review to assess the need for higher intensity of service or transfer to a hospital setting. This includes applying knowledge of regulatory and third-party payor criteria and facilitating timely discharges/transfers. The APP will evaluate and appropriately manage patients, evaluate lab/EKG/imaging studies, and complete necessary documentation for billing, medical care, orders, and progress notes. The APP will also be available for nursing questions and to evaluate status changes for patients.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years experience in Urgent Care, Primary Care or the ER setting
• Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program
• Current unrestricted or pending Licensure in the state of Michigan
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient-centered care

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and Manage patients presenting with acute illnesses, minor injuries, and exacerbations of chronic conditions
• 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.
• 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.
• Assertive coordination among the multi-disciplinary team
• Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.
• Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.
• 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.
• Applying knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria.
• Utilization Management
• Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.
• Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
• Evaluate lab, EKG, imaging studies
• Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support: Billing, Medical care, Orders, Progress Notes
• Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluated status changes for patients

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree