Advanced Practice Provider (CRNP/PA)

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation; Baptist Hill (AL); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation in Demopolis, AL is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (CRNP/PA) to deliver primary care under physician supervision within a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home. This full-time role emphasizes collaboration with a physician preceptor, policy development, and quality improvement in a teaching clinic.

The candidate will perform comprehensive exams, order labs, and manage treatment plans in alignment with established protocols, while participating in staff

Qualifications

• Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with a minimum of two years experience preferred, ideally in a primary care setting
• Maintains requirements to keep a valid state license
• Complies with background checks, random drug screens, peer reviews by CMO, fitness certification, and quality programs such as PQRS, MU, METRIC

Responsabilités

• Provide primary care to patients under supervision of a physician and following established medical protocols
• Collaborate with physician preceptor to formulate and review medical protocols
• Assist with development of operational policies and procedures
• Assist medical director in supervising clinic staff
• Take patient history, identify risk factors, provide health education
• Perform physical exams, obtain labs and analyze data for diagnosis and treatment
• Ensure care plans follow established protocols and adapt as patient outcomes dictate
• Document all information accurately and timely
• Obtain informed consent forms
• Refer patients to services beyond the clinic's scope and manage health records
• Identify community resources to meet patient needs
• Contribute to policy development and quality improvement activities
• Coordinate Centering Group Visit Programs and related activities
• Support daily lab, imaging, and record reviews; manage registries as assigned

Description du poste

Advanced Practice Provider (CRNP/PA)

Full Time Demopolis Medical #1, Demopolis, AL, US

11 days ago Requisition ID: 1987

Reports to Chief Medical Officer

*This position is located in Demopolis

We expect all of our licensed providers to host learners from time to time, since we are a teaching institution. This is our pipeline for recruiting excellent providers who want to serve the populations we take care of. Every student we accept applies for the chance to be here through a competitive process and is reviewed and assessed for their likelihood of working in an underserved, underresourced area in the future. We want to ensure they fit our mission. We try to give our newer providers time to get settled before adding them to our pool of available preceptors, and we offer best practices for integrating learners into your clinic without compromising efficiency.

Background : Cahaba Medical Care Foundation is a community health center providing medical, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health services to diverse underserved communities. We are a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home and Joint Commission accredited organization, committed to increasing integration and coordination of behavioral health and primary care. This is an exciting, fast paced practice with a strong mission and commitment to providing high quality care.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide primary care to patients under supervision of a physician and following established medical protocols
• Collaborates with physician preceptor to formulate and review medical protocols
• Assists with development of operational policies and procedures
• Assists medical director in supervising other clinic staff
• Obtains complete or interval history of the patient, identifies patient risk factors, identifies health hazards in the patient's environment and provides health education
• Performs appropriate physical exams as indicated, obtains appropriate laboratory specimens and analyzes clinical data for appropriate diagnosis and treatment
• Assures treatment and/or plan of care are consistent with established protocols and treatment is revised as necessary according to patient outcome.
• Documents all pertinent information accurately, legibly, and in a timely manner.
• Assures appropriate consent forms are signed and dated.
• Refers patients to appropriate services which exceed services of the clinic or scope of practice of the practitioner. Assists in assuring that adequate patient health records are maintained and transferred as required when patients are referred.
• Seeks out community resources to meet or assist with the patient's need
• Identifies and considers the cultural patterns, economic status and patient resources in plan of care.
• Participates in the development, execution and periodic review of the written policies governing the services the clinic furnishes and provides services in accordance with those policies. Participates in studies, audits, and surveys as requested.
• Direct and coordinate the Centering Group Visit Programs (CenteringPregnancy, CenteringParenting, CenteringDiabetes)
• Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned by the QIO or CMO
• Assists in daily lab, image, and record review for all providers
• Assists in managing registries including nursing home, coumadin, home visit, Pineview, obstetric, and others as assigned

Qualifications

• Certification as a Family Registered Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, with a minimum of two years experience preferred, and preferably in a primary care clinic setting
• Maintains the requirements to keep a valid state license
• Submits to the necessary components to maintain privileging within the clinic including background checks, random drug screens, peer reviews by CMO, certification of fitness to perform duties, and willingness to comply with the various quality improvement programs including PQRS, MU, METRIC, etc