APP LakeView Family Care (Suite A) NP or PA-C - Paw Paw, MI

About the role

LakeView Family Care (Suite A) in Paw Paw, MI is seeking to hire a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their busy established Family Medicine Practice.

Responsibilities

• See full spectrum family practice patients
• Candidate will work alongside two physicians and two APPs
• No OB or inpatient medicine opportunity
• Hospital-employed, Full-time outpatient only position
• Team Approach with Ambulatory Care Manager, clinical pharmacy support, social worker, as well as nurse triage
• Works with the APP to create a schedule to offer appointments as early as 7:30 am or as late as 7 pm at least one day a week
• Patient of the practice have access to an onsite pharmacy, laboratory and imaging
• Nurse Triage service is available after hours and on the weekends and patient call volume after hours is very low
• Provides call coverage one evening during the week and shares call with 17 additional family care providers for weekend and holiday coverage

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program
• Current unrestricted or pending Licensure in the state of Michigan
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient-centered care

Skills

• Competencies specific to the population served
• Knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria
• Utilization Review
• Utilization Management
• Evaluation and appropriately manage patients
• Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support billing and medical care orders
• Support the multi-disciplinary team

Benefits

Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges

Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)

Communicates with internal customers such as, physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, management and external customers such as, patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously

Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g., interactive and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time, the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time.

The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.

Shift Variable Time Type Full time Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Cost Center 8514 Lakeview Family Medicine Paw Paw (BLH) Agency Use Policy and Agency Submittal Disclaimer Bronson Healthcare Group and its affiliates (“Bronson”) strictly prohibit the acceptance of unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies ("Recruiters") in response to job postings or word of mouth.