Advanced Care Provider (PA-C/ARNP/DNP) Convenient Care Clinic (PRN)

About the role

The Advanced Care Provider (ACP) is a Certified Physician’s Assistant (P.A. -C), Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP), or Doctoral Nurse Practitioner (DNP) delivering primary and specialty patient care with a high degree of expertise.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat diseases and adverse health conditions.
• Order and evaluate diagnostic testing.
• Create appropriate plan of care for patients.
• Provide patient education regarding treatments, procedures, tests, and their subsequent results.
• Coordinate care with outside sources including Lab, Diagnostic Imaging, Private Health Care Providers, Social Workers, and Public Health.
• Develop and maintain curriculum for inpatient and outpatient diabetes education programs.
• Collaborate and work effectively with interdisciplinary team members and community health agencies.
• Demonstrate respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.
• Perform procedures specific to the service lines competently.
• Act as a resource person for other staff and personnel with which clients have contact.
• Maintain current knowledge of emergency medical procedures and respond appropriately.
• Assist with and provide simple and complex procedures appropriate to the scope of practice.
• Maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Strive to exceed customer expectations by demonstrating quality and customer service.
• Prevent errors, accidents, and infections and report potential or actual concerns immediately.
• Develop, implement, and monitor evidence-based order sets, protocols, policies, procedures, documentation, and patient monitoring standards.
• Practice in accordance with current ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines.
• Monitor and report patient outcomes in relation to national benchmarks.
• Incorporate quality improvement data and/or patient satisfaction data in clinic goals.
• Assist in unit-specific duties (e.g., management responsibilities, as appropriate to the assigned area).
• Provide education to clinical staff when needed.
• Attend continuing medical education programs to maintain licensure and Board Certifications in area of primary specialty.
• Report problems or concerns to the RHC/Outpatient Medical Director on a timely basis.

Qualifications

• Education: Certified Physician’s Assistant (P.A.-C) or Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) or Doctoral Nurse Practitioner (DNP).
• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Certification in specialty areas or demonstrate active progress toward attainment of certification.
• Current licensure as P.A.-C in state of Iowa.
• Current licensure as RN and ARNP in state of Iowa.
• Experience EPIC charting.
• Licenses/Certifications: Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons, Current, active, and unrestricted Physician’s Assistant Board Certification, Current, active, and unrestricted RN and ARNP license in the State of Iowa with appropriate certifications as necessary by licensing boards, Current prescriptive authority in the State of Iowa including DEA Registration, Current BCLS and ACLS certifications.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Desire to serve patients, strong written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal communication skills for working with patients and clinical team members, ability to accept responsibility and account for own actions, ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions, ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability, ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee and patient safety, effectively deal with diverse client population and community partners, ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others, ability to allocate authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate people, detail oriented, and organized, ability to make decisions in emergencies, independent discretion/decision making, basic computer skills.

Clarke County Hospital (CCH) Performance Criteria

• Demonstrates Clarke County Hospital Standards of Behaviors as well as adheres to hospital policies and procedures and safety guidelines.
• Demonstrates ability to meet business needs of department with regular, reliable attendance.
• Maintains current licenses and/or certifications required for the position.
• P Practices and reflects knowledge of HIPAA, DIA, DNV, OSHA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding healthcare.
• Completes all annual education and competency requirements within the calendar year.
• Is knowledgeable of hospital and department compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse.
• Bridges any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of hospital administrative staff.
• Takes appropriate action on concerns reported by department staff related to compliance.

Other Requirements

• As an employee of Clarke County Hospital, you may be required to assist in response activities for disasters, emergencies, and pandemics which may occur outside of normal working hours.
• Hours per week: PRN.