APP - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner | Endocrinology

20010 Sanford Clinic; Bemidji (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanford Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to provide patient care across designated settings, including acute and long-term care. The role involves taking medical histories, performing examinations, collaborating with physicians, and developing treatment plans as well as prescribing medications within legal scope.

The position emphasizes care coordination, documentation, and patient education, with opportunities for rounding, hospital consultations, and research to

Qualifications

• Completion of a master’s, postmaster’s, or doctorate from a nurse practitioner program accredited by the appropriate board.
• Current licensure by the applicable state board of nursing for advanced practice.
• DEA permit to prescribe controlled substances.

Responsibilities

• Obtain medical history and perform examinations to determine patient needs.
• Analyze information with providers to establish diagnoses and plan care.
• Coordinate care and collaborate with providers and independently deliver services.
• Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost and manage patient recovery.
• Maintain complete health care records and prognoses.
• Refer patients to specialists when appropriate and provide health information for prevention and self-management.
• Participate in rounds, hospital consultations, and procedures as needed.
• Incorporate evidence-based guidelines and keep current with regulations and payer systems.

Skills

Assessing patients

Care coordination

Education

Master’s/Postmaster’s/Doctorate NP program

APRN licensure (state)

DEA permit to prescribe

NP certs: AGNP/AGCNP/NP-C/FNP

Job description

Summary

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.

Work Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Union Position: No Department Details

Job Description

The Nurse Practitioner (NP)/ Physician Assistant (PA) provides service to patients in designated care settings, including: acute, short and long-term care, by assisting physicians, assessing patients, and treating injuries and ailments.

• Obtains a thorough medical history from patient and dependent on patient population and setting will perform an examination and/or assessment to determine patient's needs.
• With other healthcare professionals, analyze and interpret information collected from patient, medical records, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information, to develop and establish appropriate diagnosis.
• Acknowledges and demonstrates the importance of care coordination and navigation by rounding on patients when necessary.
• Works in collaboration with providers and independently to provide care.
• Formulates a plan for treatment of the patient and prescribes medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized if necessary, in order to aid recovery and manage pain.
• Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses in a timely manner.
• Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.
• Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
• Counsels patients and family members about self-management on prevention and treatment plan for health issues, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.
• May cover hospital consultations, rounding, and assist with patient procedures as needed.
• Conducts research into area of specialty and uses findings to provide measurable improvements in patient care and clinical outcomes.
• Incorporates evidence based practice guidelines into care.
• Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for advanced practice provider practices, including reimbursement of services.
• Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources, as applicable.
• Demonstrate extensive advanced knowledge of medical principles, practices and techniques.

Qualifications

• Completion of a master’s, postmaster’s, or doctorate from an nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.
• Licensing prior to August 1, 1995, master's degree in nursing is preferred.
• Demonstrated current competence and provision of care, treatment, or services for an adequate volume of patients in the past twelve months, or completion of master's/post-master’s degree program in the past twelve months.
• Experience must correlate to the privileges requested.
• Current licensure by the applicable state board of nursing for advanced practice.
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe controlled substances.
• Certified Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP-BC) or (A-GNP) or (AGACNP-BC) or (ACNPC-AG) or Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (NP-C) or (FNP-BC).
• Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.

Company Background

The Sanford organization owns and manages multiple distinct brands, including Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic, and Good Samaritan, as well as Lewis Drug, Sanford Health Equip, Solutions by Sanford, Great Shots, and Blue Rock Bar & Grill.

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties.

Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.

Good Samaritan, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit providers of senior care and services, is committed to transforming the aging experience through innovation, compassion and personalized care. As part of Sanford Health, an integrated nonprofit health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Good Samaritan serves 10,000 seniors and offers access to a full continuum of care, including 94 rehabilitation and skilled nursing centers, 56 assisted living and memory care facilities, 44 independent living locations and 37 home health and hospice agencies. The senior care provider delivers services across the upper Midwest, with 70% of residents living in rural communities.

Learn more about Good Samaritan’s mission and commitment to delivering high quality senior care in rural America at good-sam.com.