Primary Care APC

Jefferson Health Plans•Warrington Township, PA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Primary Care APC provides assessment and management for acute and complex chronically ill patients. The role includes taking and documenting complete histories and physicals; collecting and ordering clinical and diagnostic information; collaborating with the interdisciplinary team on diagnoses; and developing, implementing, and modifying individualized plans of care. The APP may respond to changes in patient status and perform procedural or resuscitative interventions, as appropriate to privileges and competency validation. The position also includes documenting patient progress and care transitions, communicating with patients, families, and staff to promote continuity across inpatient and outpatient settings, and contributing to professional practice through mentoring, education, research engagement, evidence-based practice, and participation in professional meetings.

Requirements

Master’s degree.
National board certification as a Primary/Family Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
BLS certification.

Responsibilities

Perform complete histories and physical examinations and document them in the medical record.
Order and collect clinical data using appropriate assessment techniques and diagnostic information and procedures.
Serve as a first responder to patient status changes and situations requiring orders, procedural interventions, or resuscitative interventions.
Assess risks associated with care of acute and complex chronically ill patients, including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions, and diagnostic procedures.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team in diagnosing acute and complex chronic conditions.
Manage diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
Formulate prioritized differential diagnoses, diagnose complications, and order appropriate interventions.
Identify expected outcomes and formulate and document plans of care for complex acute and chronic health care needs.
Use evidence-based guidelines and protocols in individualized care plans and implement or modify those plans.
Prescribe diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
Perform advanced procedures when consistent with privileges and competency validation.
Document or dictate patient progress, care plans, procedures, acute events, transfers, and discharges in the medical record as applicable.
Ensure documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards, and captures patient acuity.
Maintain communication and collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team.
Communicate with patients, families, and staff to promote continuity of care across inpatient and outpatient settings.
Demonstrate professional practice through precepting, mentoring, and educating graduate students.
Seek opportunities to engage in research and analysis of evidence-based practice.
Participate in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty-specific meetings.
Maintain continuing education units and membership in a professional organization.

Benefits

Medical and prescription insurance
Supplemental insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life and AD&D insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Retirement plans
Tuition assistance
Voluntary benefits, including access to group insurance rates and discounts
Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service