Advanced Practice Provider – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

St. Charles Health System Inc.; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon, is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation to work in the Physiatry department.

The APP will see patients independently in clinic, with a minimum of 40 hours per week and 36 hours of direct patient contact, supporting concussion management as part of the program. Qualified candidates will have PA or NP training, active licensure in Oregon, and relevant EMR experience.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an approved Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program and licensure.
• Certified as appropriate to the incumbent’s license (NCCPA for PA; AANC/NCC/NCCP/AANP/AMCB for NP).
• Active medical licenses and privileges, with current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiatry care in clinic settings with independent patient panels.
• Maintain accurate EMR documentation and billing compliance.
• Collaborate with orthopedics and neurosurgery teams on care pathways.
• Participate in CME activities to maintain board certification and privileges.
• Ensure patient safety and high-quality care across the service line.

Skills

EMR experience

Communication

Team collaboration

Multi-tasking

Education

PA/NP program completion

NCCPA certification (PA)

State PA/NP licensure

Tools

Epic EMR

Job description

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM JOB DESCRIPTION TITLE

Advanced Practice Provider - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

REPORTS TO POSITION

Senior Medical Director, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery and Physiatry

DEPARTMENT

St. Charles Orthopedics & Neurosurgery

DATE LAST REVIEWED

February 4, 2025

OUR VISION

Creating America's healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION

In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES

Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

The Orthopedic, Neurosurgery & Physiatry Service Line at St. Charles Health System provides ambulatory, procedural, and inpatient care for the health system as well as within ambulatory surgery centers. This service line includes approximately 60 providers representing the full spectrum of neuromusculoskeletal care across inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory surgery centers and clinics. The team will collaborate extensively with the Bend-hospital based acute surgery and trauma team in the development, refinement and collaboration of a robust trauma program designed to meet the growing needs of the Central Oregon community.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) works in the Physiatry department mainly in clinic seeing patients independently. Work schedule: Provider will work a minimum of 40 hours per week with a minimum of 36 hours patient contact time. Duties include seeing an independent panel of patients during clinic visits to provide physiatry care. This includes clinical documentation and all other necessary duties. In addition, some patient appointments may include screening, assessment and management of patients with concussions as part of the overall concussion management clinic.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

Clinical Expectations

• Independent clinical schedule to provide a robust suite of physiatry care.
• Provide exceptional patient care.
• Maintain patient medical records including reports of all examinations, procedures, and other services performed.
• Works closely with the orthopedic and physiatry departments to discuss care pathways for patients needing specialized care.
• Exercises judgment on conditions requiring consultation, referral or evaluation by an orthopedic or neurosurgeon surgeon or other health care professionals.
• Orders appropriate diagnostic testing when needed.

Administrative Expectations

• Documents all patient care within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and completes all necessary tasks in compliance with health system policies and regulatory agencies to ensure timely and accurate billing.
• Familiar with the SCHS organization structure.
• Participate in team meetings and assist in policy and clinical practice guidelines.
• Keep medical knowledge and skills current through regular CME activity.
• Must attest to having adequate (CME) to meet maintenance of board certification and compliance with MSO rules and continuing privileges without restriction.
• Keep all licenses and appropriate certifications current and unrestricted.
• Maintain active privileges at a St. Charles Health System hospital sufficient to permit performance of job duties.

Behavioral Expectations

• Participates in creating a healing environment that supports all aspects of the care environment and the wholeness of each individual, patient and caregiver.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Delivers first-rate customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, and is timely, efficient and accurate, and courteous.
• Educates, counsels, and assists patients and families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities and preventive behaviors.
• Provide a therapeutic presence in service to others by purposefully responding to the needs of patients/customers in a caring way.
• Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the health system’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violations of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all health system’s investigations and proceedings.

EDUCATION Required

• Successful completion of an approved Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner course of study and certification as appropriate to the incumbent’s license.
• Complete annual fire/safety, etc. education in-services as required.
• Attend mandatory educational offerings as described in SCHS policies/procedures and/or as required by other regulatory bodies.
• Complete annual CME as required to maintain license and appropriate Board certification.
• Complete in a timely manner assigned Computer Based Learning modules.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION Required

• Unrestricted Physician Assistant and/or Nurse Practitioner licensure in the state of Oregon.
• Physician Assistant requires NCCPA certification.
• Nurse Practitioner requires AANC, NCC or AANP, AMCB certification.
• If Physician Assistant, ability to establish and maintain a Collaborative Practice Agreement with a Supervising Physician through OMB.
• Unrestricted Federal DEA number registered in Oregon.
• Unrestricted ability to participate in Medicare / Medicaid, or other federal or state governmental health care programs.
• Current BLS certification.
• Additional certifications may be required based on privileges granted to provider by Medical Staff Services at SCHS Inpatient locations.

Preferred

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician Assistant Certification.

EXPERIENCE Required

• Experience using EMR (Electronic Medical Records) software.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills to effectively interact with a diverse population and professionally represent St. Charles Health System.
• Experience working in a team environment and proven ability to collaborate, manage facilitation and consensus building among health care professionals and agencies to achieve expected results.

Preferred

• Prior experience in physiatry or a related medical specialty.
• Epic EMR software experience.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

GENERAL

• Must have excellent communication skills and ability to interact with a diverse population and professionally represent SCHS.
• Strong team-working and collaborative skills.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication and customer service skills, particularly in dealing with stressful personal interactions.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Electronic Medical Record systems.
• Intermediate in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel).

ADDITIONAL POSITION INFORMATION PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Continually (75% or more) Standing & Walking, Keyboard Operation, Using Clear and Audible Speaking Voice, Hearing at Normal Speech Levels.
• Frequently (50%) Sitting, Lifting, Carrying & Pushing / Pulling up to 25 lbs.
• Occasionally (25%) Bending, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Lifting, Carrying & Pushing / Pulling 25 lbs. to 50 lbs., Grasping / Squeezing, Hearing at Whispered Speech Levels.
• Rarely (10%) Climbing Stairs, Exposure to Wet / Slippery areas, Exposure to Chemical Solutions.

Schedule

• Weekly Hours: 40
• Caregiver Type: Regular
• Shift: Exempt Position? Yes
• Job Family: NURSE PRACTITIONER or PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
• Scheduled Days of the Week: Shift Start & End Time

St. Charles Health System is a private, nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing high-quality care and the latest in health care technology to the communities it serves. Headquartered in Bend, Ore., St. Charles is an integrated delivery system, with a strong focus on population health, that provides a full range of evidence-based health care services within a 32,000-square-mile area in Central and Eastern Oregon. The health system owns and operates a trauma level II, tertiary referral center in Bend, a trauma level III, type B rural hospital in Redmond, and trauma level IV critical access hospitals in both Prineville and Madras. As the largest employer in Central Oregon, St. Charles Health System and St. Charles Medical Group care for our communities in more than two dozen outpatient clinics and in more than 20 specialty areas of medicine.