Internal Medicine, Part Time Primary Care APP - Mondays Only

Job Description

Position is slated for Monday 8am - 5pm with possible additional coverage as needed. Center hours are Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm. No Nights or Weekends.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Part Time Primary Care Advance Practice Provider, Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in Pittsburgh. Duties include counseling patients regarding the most appropriate setting to meet their healthcare needs, performing assessments and evaluations of their problems, providing the appropriate information regarding specialist services, and end of life programs. Special attention is given to the PCMH model, evidence-based protocols and screening, and this role functions as a part of a large, integrated care team with the goal of providing whole-person care in the outpatient setting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

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• Manage and improve health for patients with multiple chronic medical conditions.
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• Manage a panel of approximately 250 to 300 chronic care ambulatory patients in an office based environment.
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• Work in a team environment (with social work, case management, behavioral health, pharmacy, nutrition, etc.), process feedback, and be open to discussing and implementing plans of care from other members of the team. 
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• Develop strong transitional care plans and track paneled patients along the whole continuum of care including discharges from the hospital, ER, skilled nursing facilities/nursing homes, and home care
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• Communicate and interact with alternate levels of care facilities (hospital, ER, skilled nursing facilities) to facilitate appropriate discharge to a lower level of care or back to the AbsoluteCare Medical Center.
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• Familiar with inpatient medicine and the discharge process to help facilitate discharges.
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• Treatment of some acute exacerbations of chronic conditions within the AbsoluteCare center, i.e. Lasix for CHF, IVF for Dehydration/Renal Failure, IV antibiotics for various infections, Nebulizer/Solumedrol for COPD/Asthma etc.. Possess a comfort level and the knowledge to differentiate when exacerbation can be treated within AbsoluteCare and when a higher level of care needed. These treatments will involve collaboration and oversight with a supervising physician.
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• Accept same day/next day or urgent appointments for patients from home or discharged from the hospital/ER/skilled nursing facility in need of intensified practitioner or case management/social work services to ensure acute episode has resolved and the patient is not admitted/readmitted.
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• Track patients and their disease processes to prevent ER visits, admissions to the hospital, and readmissions.
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• Understands the PCMH model of care as pertains to specialist care, only utilizes this higher level of care as needed, and not a substitute for primary care using evidence based clinical skills
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• Educate patients regarding their chronic diseases, healthy choices, chronic disease progression and advanced directives.
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• Practice evidence-based medicine in accordance with the PCMH model of care.
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• Track and successfully achieve specified quality metric goals.
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• Use technology and the electronic medical record to the highest capability to increase quality initiatives and efficiency within the medical center.
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• Perform other duties as required consistent with chronic care and disease management services provided to patients.
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Education and Experience requirements:

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• Licensed Advance Practice Provider in the state of practice.
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• Experience with patients who have multiple chronic medical conditions, i.e. CHF, COPD/Asthma, HTN, Diabetes, Chronic Renal Failure.
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• ACLS certification
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• Experience with the management of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial populations.
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• Knowledge of chronic disease management programs and services.
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• Ability to treat the acutely ill in an outpatient setting offering IV hydration, IV antibiotics, wound care, and other services with the collaboration of a supervising physician.
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• Proficiency with EMR, eClinicalWorks preferred
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• Knowledge of managed care and insurance processes is preferred
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