App Lakeview Family Care Decatur

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Location
BLH Bronson LakeView Hospital
Title
APP LakeView Family Care Decatur
Bronson LakeView Family Care Decaturis currently seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their established family medicine practice in Decatur, Michigan. This will be a full-time position with no weekend office visits. As a Rural Health practice, we will work 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. To support the APP, and in coordination of care with their patients, there is a multi-disciplinary team onsite including; an Ambulatory Care Manager and a Social Worker. Nurse Triage service is available after hours and on weekends and patient call volume after hours is very low. There is shared call with the other providers in the practice.
The area, off I-94 and mid-way between Detroit and Chicago, is a rural community located in Van Buren County. The beautiful Lake Michigan is just a short drive away and access to outdoor activities abound, including: five parks, campgrounds, golf courses, lakes for swimming and boating, cross-country skiing and snow mobile trails. Also, within the county is the 34 mile Kal-Haven Trail which is perfect for walking and biking from Kalamazoo to South Haven. Kalamazoo, MI is the home of Western Michigan University and is located about 30 minutes from Decatur.
Interested candidates please email or call Hilary Wade wadeh@bronsonhg.org or 269.341.7596
Performs comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interprets laboratory and radiologic tests. Interprets and correlates subjective and objective patient data, formulating a diagnosis. Under the direction of the physician, reviews patient findings and develops a treatment plan within the scope of practice. Performs above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings. 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
• Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation programs, and other software relevant to the job
• 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.
• Concurrent Clinical Management
• Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients' progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care. Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team. This is accomplished by:
o Assertive coordination among the multi-disciplinary team
o Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.
o Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.
Utilization Review:
• Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine if the patient requires a higher intensity of service and requires transfer to a hospital setting. This is accomplished by:
o Applying knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria.
o Utilization Management
o Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.
Clinical Management
• Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
• Evaluate lab, EKG, imaging studies
• Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support:
• Billing
• Medical care
• Orders
• Progress Notes
• Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluated status changes for patients
Shift
First Shift
Time Type
Full time
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Cost Center
8513 LakeView Family Medicine Decatur (BLH)
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