PA/NP Mobile Integrated Health-1
About The Position
Under the general guidance from the Executive Director of APCs with medical oversight from the MIH Physician leadership, the Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner will provide telehealth care to patients in the community. This is a rapidly growing service line adding provider coverage to meet the growing need in the community. The NP/PA will evaluate, diagnose and treat patients following written guidelines approved by the Department of Medicine. South Shore Health is a not-for-profit, charitable health system offering primary and specialty care, hospital care, home health and community care, emergency and urgent care, and preventative and wellness services. We are the largest independent health system in Southeastern Massachusetts. South Shore Health brings together like-minded people who work “As One” toward a common goal of providing exceptional care the people of our region deserve. We unite top-caliber talent, technology, and service with the wishes and personal needs of patients and their families to develop individualized treatment plans.
Requirements
- ACLS (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) (Including courses offered through SSH)
- Certified Nurse Practitioner - Board of Registration in Nursing (Massachusetts)
Responsibilities
- Provide telehealth services to patients and community partners to operationalize COVID testing and/or discharge follow ups after ED/Hospitalization for COVID symptoms
- Telehealth evaluations and coordination for community based testing and incoming phone requests from SNFs, ALFs and Psychiatric Hospitals
- Complete Provider to Provider screening and place orders for testing for symptomatic home-bound and at-risk populations
- Documentation in SSH MIH Epic Code for provider to provider consultation
- Coordinate with Registration to assure patient information is updated in Epic
- Coordinate with EMS Dispatch to print lab labels and dispatch MIH/EMS to collect specimens
- Telehealth follow up with discharged patients
- Review Home Monitoring Telehealth Report
- Outreach to each patient on the report and conduct a Telehealth follow-up visit
- Documentation in SSH MIH Epic Code for Telehealth visits (telephone or video)
- Determine next course of action based on Telehealth visit
- Telehealth and consultation with MIH paramedics
- If additional consultation is required, MIH paramedic will outreach to MIH Telehealth APC for Telehealth visit with Provider.
- Participates in continued learning and possess a willingness and ability to learn and utilize new technology and procedures that continue to develop in their role and throughout the organization.
- Embraces technological advances that allow us to communicate information effectively and efficiently based on role.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
