HIV Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Chase Brexton Health Care•Baltimore, MD

6d•$100,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

The HIV Nurse Practitioner (NP) and HIV Physician Assistant (PA) provide direction to the organization with respect to HIV medical care. In addition to serving as the primary clinical consultant in HIV care, this provider keeps staff clinicians abreast of developments in HIV medicine and actively pursues opportunities to further develop and improve the HIV care that CBHS provides. This provider for HIV Clinical Care collaborates closely with the Lead Physician for HIV Care to provide unified leadership in Infectious Disease. This position represents CBHS to the medical and patient communities, as well as the community at-large, as an expert in HIV Medicine.

Requirements

NP with completion of a one-year residency training program with focus on HIV Care, and training in a combination of internal medicine, family practice and experience working with HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases.
PA with at least 3 years of experience working in HIV care.
Minimum 1-year experience in treating people living with HIV/AIDS in a ethnically, culturally, and racially diverse environment.
Current Maryland License to practice medicine
Federal DEA license
Ability to work with a multidisciplinary clinical team
Computer skills including Microsoft office suite, electronic medical records and practice management system

Nice To Haves

AAHIVM certification.
Experience working in a non-profit healthcare environment

Responsibilities

Provides direction to the organization with respect to HIV issues
Functions as CBHS’ primary clinical consultant in HIV
Collaborates with Pharmacy staff in maximizing an HIV formulary and assisting the pharmacy in seeking inclusions of HIV agents in MCO formularies as they become FDA approved
Keeps CBHS clinical staff aware of updates to HIV guidelines and new research findings through regular presentations at staff meetings
Ensures that medical staff and other interested/involved departments (nursing, CMOD) are aware of current clinical trials and enrollment criteria
Represents CBHS to the medical and patient Communities, as well as the community at-large, as an expert in HIV medicine
Reads and responds to e-mail in a timely manner
Answers phone calls/pages within 30 minutes
Responds promptly to queries from sponsors about specific cases
Participates in internal committees and teams as requested
Is an activist for his/her patients (data sources: peer review, chart audits)
Applies the Care Model to patient care
Maintains the standard of clinical care, using diagnostic testing appropriately yet cost-effective, and providing appropriate treatment
Assesses for barriers and assets in a patient’s social environment that are likely to affect health outcomes
Reviews research patients’ labs within 2 working days of receipt and takes appropriate action if abnormal
Effectively engages patients in their care.
Makes sure that patient calls are returned (by self or other staff) within 2 working days
Addresses patient concerns brought up during visit, and documents assessment and plan for these concerns
Demonstrates professionalism and integrity in all aspects of patient care
Maintains complete, legible, and comprehensive documentation
Utilizes EMR resources to manage patient care, flags, protocols, referrals
Consistently completes progress notes of patient encounters by end of next business day
Consistently removes inactive medications from patient’s med lists
Consistently removes inactive problems from patient’s problem lists
Is timely with respect to completion of necessary paperwork such as disability forms
Completes paperwork and billing in a timely and complete manner
Completes clinic billing and coding documentation in a complete and accurate manner
Keeps current with respect to organizational policies and procedures, and puts them into action accordingly
Shows meaningful progress toward their quality improvement goals
Is approachable to the nurse or provider on call.