Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care PM Shift (Oconomowoc)

Services

• Attend Patients at the Site
• Conduct medication management sessions with patients
• Conduct patient medical evaluations and assessments
• Create patient treatment plans and manage updates
• Perform patient and family education
• Participate in team and unit meetings
• Create discharge plan creation
• Participating in the established call schedule
• Take emergency call for medical care units
• Round on patients as assigned
• Serve on Hospital committees as assigned
• Cookordinate care for patients transferring to or from other hospitals for medical needs
• Read EKGs and other medical diagnostic tests
• Complete all charting and documentation within 24 hours
• Service as attending AHP for assigned units
• Monitor all labs and diagnostic tests for both current and discharging patients
• Communication with emergency room or other providers when transferring care
• Conducting follow up visits with patients with chronic diseases
• Provide hospitalist and primary care consultation services as needed
• Provide 24 hour a day coverage for patients
• Meet patient productivity standards
• Complete all coding and documentation standards in compliance within organizational expectations

Payor Relations

• Assist in developing and maintaining positive working relationships with all contracted payors
• Review of all denials of service from all payors that are deemed for medical reasons
• Interface with referring parties, the psychiatrist, primary care Physicians or AHPs, to coordinate care, aftercare
• Market Employer as appropriate, to include off-site meetings and marketing activities
• Review potential admissions, pending cases, and declined admissions, as needed, to assure Employer policy execution and compliance with EMTALA

Advocate

• Serve an advocate for the organization
• AHP will provide support, information, education and services
• Participate in Employer’s quality assurance and performance improvement activities and meetings
• Take an active role in identifying new program development opportunities for patient care services and Employer
• Participate in community education of behavioral health issues

Physical/Mental Demands

• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to resolve conflict
• Ability to use initiative and judgement to organize, plan activities, formulate policies, delegate responsibility and make decisions affecting diagnosis and treatment of patients
• Must be able to relate to people in a manner to win their confidence and establish rapport
• Must be flexible to adjust to changing conditions, programs and various details of the position
• Verbal and hearing ability required to interact with patients and employees
• Numerical ability required to maintain records and operation a computer
• Must be able to read and communicate through written, verbal and auditory skills and abilities
• Position requires walking, sitting and standing
• Work is performed inside the building and is physically light
• Lifting is moderate; must be capable of lifting a minimum of 20 pounds
• Reaching, handling, grasping and manual dexterity are necessary to operate various office equipment

Education/Training Requirements

• Be licensed in the state of Wisconsin as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant
• Board-eligible AHP
• Board certification preferred
• Graduate of an accredited college or university
• Successful completion of required practical training as required by graduating educational institution and licensing body in the areas of primary care medicine
• Two to Four years experience working as a hospitalist provider in another licensed hospital, preferred
• Leadership and/or supervisory experience in a behavioral health organization is preferred
• Experience with process improvement implementation preferred