APRN/PA Bradenton, FL Primary Care Full-time

Millennium Physician Group•Bradenton, FL

1d•$97,619 - $146,428

About The Position

Provides comprehensive advanced practice primary care services for patients across the lifespan within Millennium Physician Group’s ambulatory practice. Evaluates, diagnoses, and manages acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs through evidence-based assessment, diagnostic interpretation, medication management, health screenings, immunizations, patient education, and long-term disease management. Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary care teams to improve clinical outcomes, enhance patient access, support value-based care initiatives, and deliver coordinated, high-quality, patient-centered primary care. The Nurse Practitioner, General / Primary Care practices independently within the advanced practice provider scope, making clinical decisions for routine and moderately complex cases and escalating beyond-scope matters to collaborating physicians. Decisions are made with minimal supervision under the physician collaboration model. The role applies Master’s-level clinical training to deliver patient care within the defined APP scope and may oversee nursing and allied support staff.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs through comprehensive histories, physical examinations, diagnostic interpretation, and evidence-based clinical decision-making.
Develop individualized treatment plans, including medication management, preventive services, immunizations, health screenings, lifestyle counseling, chronic disease management, and monitoring of treatment outcomes.
Diagnose and manage common primary care conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, asthma, COPD, coronary artery disease, obesity, thyroid disorders, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal conditions, and infectious diseases, within the APP scope.
Order, perform, and interpret laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, electrocardiograms, point-of-care testing, and other diagnostic evaluations within the scope of practice.
Perform approved office-based procedures within the scope of practice, including minor wound care, incision and drainage, skin lesion treatment, and joint and soft tissue injections.
Conduct annual wellness visits, preventive health examinations, chronic care management, transitional care management, health risk assessments, and age-appropriate preventive screenings according to evidence-based guidelines.
Recognize changes in patient condition, identify complex presentations requiring physician consultation, and coordinate specialty, behavioral health, community-resource, diagnostic-service, and ancillary-provider referrals when indicated.
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, care managers, pharmacists, behavioral health providers, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.
Educate patients and caregivers about diagnoses, medications, preventive health, nutrition, exercise, chronic disease self-management, and treatment plans.
Accurately document patient encounters, medical decision-making, procedures, treatment plans, quality measures, and clinical outcomes in the electronic health record, complying with organizational, regulatory, payer, and value-based care requirements.
Participate in quality improvement, population health management, patient safety activities, clinical pathway development, and continuing professional development.