Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Primary Care PRN - Moonlighter

Rogers Behavioral Health

Rogers Behavioral Health is a not-for-profit behavioral health system with a long history. For over 100 years we have been providing top quality psychiatric services to our patients and performing cutting edge research and are one of the leading healthcare providers in our field. RBH offers adults, as well as child and adolescent patients in our communities, the ability to receive care at multiple level of services including: inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient services. The three primary hospitals are located in Wisconsin, and numerous clinics spread from coast to coast in Wisconsin and 9 other states, including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington.

In this role, with the support of a collaborating physician, the provider will primarily serve as a hospitalist in our inpatient and residential departments, and working alongside our psychiatric providers in a multi-faceted treatment team model of providing care. AHP's have the opportunity to work in both live and virtual environments, as well as support patient admissions and transfers, medical protocol development, quality assurance and peer review evaluations.

PRN Roles: PRN providers may include either those individuals who are working elsewhere in the community and have an interest in supporting RBH on the weekends or as part-time coverage.

Services

AHP will be expected to attend patients and assist with patient coverage at the locations assigned by Employer, this may include multiple locations, multiple levels of care or providing virtual services to sites within the scope of AHP licensure. Conduct medication management sessions with patients, conduct patient medical evaluations and assessments, conduct history and physical, 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, coordinate 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. Physically/Mentally able to perform job duties as verified by a physical exam by a licensed AHP, per post-employment Physical

Education/Training Requirements

Be licensed in the state 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.

With a career at Rogers, you can look forward to a Total Rewards package of benefits, including: Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your family, 401(k) retirement plan, Employee share program, Life/disability insurance, Flex spending accounts, Tuition reimbursement, Health and wellness program, Employee assistance program (EAP)