PA/NP-Mobile Integrated Health-2

South Shore Health•Weymouth, MA

2d•$100 - $120

About The Position

Under the general guidance of the Executive Director of APCs and with medical oversight from MIH Physician leadership, the Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner provides telehealth care to patients in the community. This role supports a rapidly growing service line by providing additional coverage to meet community needs. The provider evaluates, diagnoses, and treats patients according to written guidelines approved by the Department of Medicine. The position provides telehealth services for COVID testing and post-discharge follow-up, coordinates care with community partners and MIH paramedics, documents visits in SSH MIH Epic, and determines appropriate next steps for each patient. These may include discharge from the program, continued telehealth monitoring, paramedic or VNA services, coordination with a patient’s PCP, or consultation with MIH Medical Control. The role requires learning and using evolving technology and procedures, and embracing technological advances that support effective communication.

Requirements

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner role.
ACLS certification from the American Heart Association, including courses offered through South Shore Health.
Massachusetts Board of Registration of Physician Assistants credential for the Physician Assistant role.

Responsibilities

Provide telehealth services to patients and community partners for COVID testing and follow-up after ED or hospital discharge for COVID symptoms.
Conduct telehealth evaluations and coordinate community-based testing and responses to phone requests from skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and psychiatric hospitals.
Screen patients in provider-to-provider consultations and order testing for symptomatic, home-bound, and at-risk populations.
Document provider-to-provider consultations in the SSH MIH Epic code; coordinate with Registration to update patient information; and coordinate with EMS Dispatch to print lab labels and dispatch MIH/EMS to collect specimens.
Review Home Monitoring Telehealth Reports and conduct telehealth follow-up visits with discharged patients.
Document telephone and video telehealth visits in SSH MIH Epic.
Determine next steps following telehealth visits, including discharge from the program, scheduling a next-day telehealth visit, ordering and coordinating MIH paramedic or VNA services, coordinating follow-up with a PCP, or contacting MIH Medical Control.
Provide telehealth consultations with MIH paramedics when additional consultation is needed after a paramedic’s home evaluation.
Coordinate follow-up actions for patients seen by MIH paramedics, including scheduling continued telehealth monitoring or a second paramedic visit, and arranging PCP, VNA, or Medical Control involvement when needed.
Participate in continued learning and learn and use new technology and procedures as they develop.
Embrace technological advances that support effective and efficient communication.