Hybrid Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners bei VENESCO LLC

Description

Venesco, LLC has an immediate need for a Family Medicine Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioners at Fayetteville Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center. PAs/NPs personnel shall be responsible for providing Family Practice and interventional Family Practice consultative services for: assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient education to Veterans in the Primary Care team setting; outpatient include both scheduled and unscheduled Veterans. Order and evaluate diagnostic tests as appropriate, recommend treatment and/or referral. Record/document health appraisal information, clinical assessments, treatment decision, plan of care, ongoing management and therapeutic outcomes, order medications, diagnostic test and referral consultations where needed for every patient encounter; recording will be accomplished using the electronic comprehensive patient record system (CPRS) and will be completed on the day of the encounter.

Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with 30-minute lunch.

Competitive compensation offered including a comprehensive benefits plan!

Direct Patient Care: estimated 95% of the time involved in direct patient care. Contractors shall be responsible for clinic appointments and follow-up of labs/imaging/procedures ordered during these appointments, interpretation, phone call consultation from hospitalists and intensivists on inpatients, and availability for case review with nurse practitioners on service.

Scope of Care: Contract personnel shall be responsible for providing Family Practice and interventional Family Practice consultative services for: assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient education to Veterans in the Primary Care team setting; outpatient include both scheduled and unscheduled Veterans. Order and evaluate diagnostic tests as appropriate, recommend treatment and/or referral. Record/document health appraisal information, clinical assessments, treatment decision, plan of care, ongoing management and therapeutic outcomes, order medications, diagnostic test and referral consultations where needed for every patient encounter; recording will be accomplished using the electronic comprehensive patient record system (CPRS) and will be completed on the day of the encounter.

Clinic Responsibilities: Contract personnel shall be present and on time for clinic start times as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time. Communication of Test Results: Mechanisms must be in-place to provide notification of test results for patients receiving care in accordance with VHA Directive 1088, Communicating Test Results to Providers and Patients. Medications: Contract personnel shall follow all established medication policies and procedures. No sample medications shall be provided to patients. Discharge education: Provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all emergency department patients.

ADMINISTRATIVE: estimated 5% of time not involved in direct patient care section meetings, participation in once to twice monthly peer review case review, Ongoing Providers Performance Evaluation (OPPE) participation, and morbidity & mortality conferences as appropriate. 4.4.6.1. Quality Improvement Meetings: Contract personnel shall participate in continuous quality improvement activities and meetings with P committee participation as required by the facility Chief of Service, Chief of Staff, or designee.

Requirements

1. Completion of an accredited PA or NP program.
2. NAACP certificate for PAs.
3. One year of experience as a PA or NP in a Family Medicine setting.
4. Active, Unrestricted License to practice as a PA or NP from one of the 50 states or U.S. Territories.