Advanced Practice Provider - APRN or PA - Primary Care

Responsibilities

• Maintain independent clinic schedule of patients with possibility of empanelment.
• Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team and in partnership with supervising/collaborating physician(s).
• History taking, clinical assessment, physical examination, order entry, clinical documentation, interpretation of diagnostic studies, clinical diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care for the given population.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Advanced Practice Provider (APP) completed Quality Assurance chart reviews (25 charts for new grad, 10 charts for an established provider).
• Evaluates signs and symptoms, including age-appropriate changes, noting pertinent positives and negatives (patient care).
• Absesses the complex acute, critical, and chronically ill-patient and obtains relevant comprehensive and problem-focused health histories, prioritizing data collection and using collateral sources as necessary (medical knowledge and patient care).
• Participates in daily team transition huddles to facilitate effective coordinated patient care.
• Utilizes evidence-based practice, along with prescribing appropriate pharmacologic (includes medication reconciliation) and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities; implements treatment and referral orders; interprets and evaluates appropriate lab and diagnostic testing and reports to collaborating physician(s) and health care team members.
• Maintaining competencies and skills of specialty area of practice.
• Participates professionally and works collaboratively to identify processes, principles to meet quality core metrics and documentation standards and expectations (system based).

Qualifications

• APRN: Master’s degree with an Advanced Practice Nursing Focus and National Board Certification required
• PA: Master’s degree required with the appropriate National Certification Required
• Certifications: APRN - National Board Certification as a CNP, CNS, CNM, or CRNA (APRN certification to match scope of practice); PA- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Essential Functions

• Ability to communicate and relate well with staff, provider(s), and the public.
• Must have awareness of patient confidentiality and be able to follow directions well from physician and work autonomously with little direction.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships and critical analysis skills.
• Demonstrates ability to multi-task and work under stress.
• Maintains competencies and skills of specialty area of practice.
• Demonstrates assessment skills, diagnosis with critical thinking and implementation of a plan of care.
• Professional Role- skill includes clinical reasoning and builds collaborative intra and interprofessional relationships to provide optimal care to patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic illness.
• Skill of advocating on the behalf of the patient population and the profession through active participation in the health policy process.

Overview

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 14 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. Our mission is to live God’s love by promoting and restoring health. Our commitment to our patients is to help individuals be their best. With that context, safety is our top priority. We provide an integrated system of healthcare experts committed to providing exceptional care.