APP - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant | Family Medicine

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Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America's heartland.

Facility: Tracy Clinic
Location: Tracy, MN
Address: 249 5th St E, Tracy, MN 56175, USA
Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly Hours: 34.67

Department Details

This role will require varying shifts, on-call rotations, including nights and weekends as needed. Provider will see 12-16 patients daily in the clinic and one 24-hour shift of ER call for the Tracy Medical Center a week and one weekend/month. Current staff includes one IM physician, one NP and two NPs who split their time between Tracy & Westbrook

Job Summary

The Physician Assistant (PA) provides expert clinical guidance in a specialized field and coordinates patient care quality initiatives.

This role will require varying shifts, on-call rotations, including nights, and weekends as needed. Provides service to patients in acute, short and long term care settings by assisting physicians, assessing patients, and treating injuries and ailments. Obtains a thorough medical history from patient and dependent on patient population and setting will perform an examination and/or assessment to determine patient's needs. With other healthcare professionals, analyze and interpret information collected from patient, medical records, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information, to develop and establish appropriate diagnosis. Acknowledges and demonstrates the importance of care coordination and navigation by rounding on patients when necessary. Works in collaboration with providers and independently to provide care. Formulates a plan for treatment of the patient and prescribes medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized if necessary, in order to aid recovery and manage pain. Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses in a timely manner. Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise. Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability. Counsels' patients and family members about self-management on prevention and treatment plan for health issues, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances. May cover hospital consultations, rounding, and assist with patient procedures as needed. Conducts research into area of specialty and uses findings to provide measurable improvements in patient care and clinical outcomes. Incorporates evidence based practice guidelines into care. Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for advanced practice provider practices, including reimbursement of services. Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources, as applicable. Demonstrate extensive advanced knowledge of medical principles, practices and techniques.

Qualifications

Master's or Baccalaureate degree (Associate's or Nursing Degree if training prior to 1994). Successful completion of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors.

Demonstrated current competence and provision of care, treatment, or services for at least 30 patients in the past twelve months or completion of an ARC-PA approved program in the past twelve months.

Successful completion of the national certifying examination and current certification given by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe controlled substances.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit .

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Compensation Package: Compensation Package

Sanford Health offers a nationally competitive compensation plan with an additional advanced practice provider benefits package including a health, dental and vision insurance, 401K plan, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, CME allowance, allowed time away, malpractice insurance and tail coverage, and a relocation allowance.

Compensation details:

Annual compensation range (based on 1.0 FTE): $103,020 - $174,505.

Actual compensation offers may vary and are determined based on multiple factors including education, training, certification, experience, scope of practice and expected job requirements.

Sanford has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Req Number: R-0211689
Job Function: Advanced Practice Provider
Featured: No
Specialty: Family Medicine
Visas Accepted: N/A