Advanced Practice Provider

3 weeks ago


Pittsburg, United States Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas Full time

Job Type

Full-time

Description

CORE VALUES

The core values of Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) are dignity and stewardship. Each staff member is expected to perform their job duties in a way that preserves dignity for our patients and maintains good stewardship of the Center's resources.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

This position is part of the medical clinical team. This position is responsible for providing primary care services, including assessing and managing patients in skilled and intermediate nursing facilities following established standards of practice. This position shall be authorized to make independent decisions about advanced practice clinical needs of families, patients and medical decisions based on authorization for collaborative practice with one or more physicians.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

  1. On-site visits to Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities to develop and manage the medical plan of care for patients in coordination with the patient's primary provider, if different than the APP, and LTC facilities, physicians.
  2. Provides complete, comprehensive outpatient care for patients including health examination and treatment of medical conditions, to include follow-up of problems detected.
  3. Responsible for managing acute and chronic illness, and routine care through care plans that are coordinated, when appropriate, with the patient's behavioral health provider
  4. Responsible for making appropriate referrals to internal disciplines of CHC/SEK and/or external resources/agencies for additional services required.
  5. Prescribes medications for patients for treatment of conditions, as indicated.
  6. Provide clinical consultation to other providers within CHC/SEK as needed.
  7. Responsible for accurate, timely, and clear medical record documentation.
  8. Observe clinic protocols and guidelines and scope of practice as determined by professional regulatory agencies.
  9. Provide appropriate follow-up with clinical support staff, including telephone/written correspondence (e.g., inform patients of test results).
  10. Provides clear written and oral communication to patients/guardians, and employees.
  11. Participate in patient care plan meetings and provide education as needed to facilities to enhance patient care.
  12. Participates in an on-call system for after-hours care for CHC/SEK inpatient population, as assigned.
  13. Participates in quality improvement activities.
  14. Ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
  15. Supervise healthcare students as assigned.
  16. Average number of billable visits to be 10-14 daily.
The essential functions listed are not an exhaustive list of every task the employee is required to complete. Employees are expected to perform all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
  1. Full licensure to practice medicine in the State of Kansas as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
  2. Graduate of AMA accredited physician assistant program/accredited advanced nurse practitioner.
  3. Completion of one-year experience in clinic setting, preferred.
  4. A strong community/public health orientation, preferred.
  5. Commitment to serving the underserved.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
  1. Social and cultural sensitivity appropriate to ethnically and economically diverse patient-and employee-base
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of the rationale of appropriate patient care.
  3. Communicates through appropriate channels. Use proper chain of command for patient complaints.
  4. Ability to handle emergency situations calmly and effectively.
  5. Must be computer literate.
  6. Must be able to maintain good inter-personal relationship with co-workers and other members of the health care team and the organization.
  7. Provide customer service in accordance to the organization's mission.
  8. Be courteous and respectful when interacting with patients and family members.
  9. Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance to organization's policy and procedure and HIPAA requirements.


WORKING CONDITIONS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and/or stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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