APP Cardiology - NP or PA-C

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Location

BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital

Title

APP Cardiology - NP or PA-C

Advanced Practice Provider Position Cardiology Practice

Bronson Advanced Cardiac Healthcare

Kalamazoo, Michigan

The Position -

• 10 MLPs support both hospital and office settings
• Several MLP run clinics CHF / EP / Gen Cardiology
• Excellent Market Rate Compensation Package with benefits including :

25 days PTO

6 Paid Holidays

$2500 CME allocation as well as 5 days allowance

Excellent health / dental / vision insurance / 401k Profit sharing-Pension Plan

The Practice

Bronson Advanced Cardiac Healthcare (www.bronsonadvancedcardiac.com) :

• Growing, well-established private 13 physician cardiology practice (3 Interventionalists / 3 Invasive-Non-interventional / 5 Non-invasive / 2 Electrophysiologist) with exclusive professional service agreement with hospital system
• Operates 4 satellite sites
• Dynamic physician group implementing innovative, state of the art, approaches to cardiac care
• Annual growth rate of 10-15%
• Patient centered philosophy
• Office based EMR
• Full range of in-office diagnostics
• Extensive and diverse primary care referral base

The Hospital

Bronson Healthcare (www.b ronsonhealth.com) :

• Bronson Healthcare is the area’s largest employer and leading healthcare not-for-profit, community governed healthcare system
• Offers a full range of services from primary care to critical care from across more than 60 locations
• Epic EMR
• 697 all-private rooms spanning three hospitals
• Accredited Chest Pain Center first in the region
• Over 95,000 annual ER visits at Bronson Methodist in Kalamazoo

For additional Information contact :

Kurt Kuppler

269-744-2854 or email CV to

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

Cost Center

2400 Medical Staff Office (BHG)

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