Advanced Practicer Provider, Employee Health Services

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Part Time Advanced Practice Provider to join our Employee Health Services team in Paducah, KY. The APP will work alongside medical assistants and nurses, delivering clinical services for acute care, health clearance evaluations, occupational health surveillance, and injury reduction for adults across the health system.

Under supervision of the EHS program manager, duties may include travel between clinics and occasional remote work from home.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• Two years experience.
• Professional license required.
• Life Support Certification.
• Current certification for nurse practitioner (AANP/ANCC) or physician assistant (NCCPA).
• Applicable state licensure.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services in Employee Health Services (EHS) across acute care and health clearance.
• Perform periodic occupational health evaluations and surveillance.
• Travel between clinics within the region to deliver hands-on care.
• May work from an office or home office as needed and under supervision of the EHS program manager.

Skills

Professional License

Life Support Certification

Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Applicable State Licensure

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Summary Job Description

Baptist Health is looking for a Part Time Advanced Practice Provider to join our Employee Health Services team in Paducah, KY The advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant works alongside medical assistants and nurses within the Employee Health Services (EHS) program under the supervision of a program manager, delivering clinical services for various components of the program such as acute care and evaluation of acute illnesses, evaluation of immunity and initial health clearance, periodic occupational medical evaluations, ongoing occupational medical surveillance through various programs including OSHA medical respirator surveillance, tuberculosis evaluation, hazardous drug assessments, evaluation of occupational illness and exposure, and injury reduction services for the adult population across the health system. May provide initial post-injury evaluation and treatment for injuries that occur within the workplace. Services provided to minors with permission from a parent or legal guardian. These advanced practice positions work primarily within the health clinics, potentially traveling throughout the region to provide hands‑on services, which may include travel from one clinic to another during a single shift. These positions may occasionally be tasked to work from an office or from a home office. Percentage weight of job description may vary based upon assigned responsibilities. Accommodation of remote work is not available for employees assigned to primary clinic services. The primary location for this position is at Baptist Health Hardin Employee Health clinic but may include assignments at multiple Employee Health clinic locations. Creates a positive, supportive, collaborative work environment for EHS program staff and clinic patients following the mission, vision, and values of the organization. Collaborates with various Baptist entities to establish and promote company initiatives, to provide convenient services, support timely compliance, associated documentation and/or reporting, and to ensure continuity of care for individuals throughout the organization receiving services through the EHS program.

Requirements

• Master's Degree
• Two years experience
• Professional License
• Life Support Certification
• Current certification for nurse practitioner (AANP or ANCC) or physician assistant (NCCPA).
• Applicable state licensure

About Baptist Health

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full‑stream health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410‑bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40‑bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

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