Limited Permit Provider

Essen Medical Associates•Bronx, NY

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Essen Health Care is seeking a Limited Permit Provider to collaborate with primary care providers and the care team. This role involves developing care initiatives to assess and coordinate chronic disease management for a designated patient population in a medically appropriate and cost-effective manner. The Limited Permit Provider is responsible and accountable for direct and indirect patient care, assessing healthcare needs, identifying community resources, and serving as a patient advocate to improve service delivery.

Requirements

Medical Graduate (International or National)
Passed portions of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG)
Possess/ eligible for active Limited Permit for Medicine according to NYS Office of Professions.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent bedside manners and organizational skills.
Must be comfortable with EMR navigation (Sigmacare, PointClickCare, Wellsky, Visual, etc.)

Responsibilities

Completes comprehensive evaluation of all new patients.
Effectively and proactively manages chronic medical conditions to maximize functional and medical recovery.
Rapidly identifies and addresses new medical conditions that may impair functional and medical recovery.
Meets with interdisciplinary team for each patient at least weekly and documents progress towards goals, barriers to goals, plans to address barriers, and current discharge plan.
Attends scheduled patient and family meetings as necessary to ensure effective communication and discharge planning.
Ensures that patient goals are considered in rehabilitation planning, goal setting, and discharge planning.
Effectively works with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to meet established goals.
Rapidly identifies when clinical course is not progressing towards goals and effectively intervenes to correct barriers, communicate with team and patient, and work with team and patient to establish new goals as needed.
Ensures seamless care transitions by direct physician to physician communication for community, facility, or hospital discharges.
Effectively participates in Post-Acute and facility performance improvement activities.
Completes scheduled “on call” work requirements.
Ensures that all medical care follows accepted principles of Geriatric and Palliative care.
Complies with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, regulations, and requirements as well as facility/agency specific policies and procedures.
Works toward defined clinical metrics as determined by the medical department.