Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

 Position Summary:

We are currently seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our committed team of professionals.

The Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner position is an essential outpatient clinical role, providing direct care to new and established pulmonary and/or sleep patients. It is necessary that within this role, the Advance Practice Provider cultivates and supports a strong team culture and collaborative environment centered on consistently delivering exceptional patient care. This position will have the peer support of 3 additional mid-levels that are currently working in the outpatient practice.

Essential Responsibilities and Tasks:

Patient care, including but not limited to, visits for:

• Patients on home O2 or nocturnal CPAP/BIPAP/NIV who need clinic evaluation to continue current care.
• Preoperative visits for those patients with non-complex Pulmonary issues and upcoming surgical needs.
• Hospital follow-up of patients admitted with COPD exacerbation and other Pulmonary disease
• Pulmonary rehabilitation follow-up.
• Telephone consultation and follow-up as needed for patient clinical questions unable to be answered by MA or other clinic staff.
• Managements and continuity of care for patients with straightforward Pulmonary or Sleep-focused clinical complaints.
• Urgent clinic visits (with close support of Pulmonary physician) of potentially both new and established patients as needed.

Patient and staff education, including but not limited to:

• Single or group patient education about inhaler therapy.
• Single or group patient education on disease processes such as COPD, etc.
• Establishing and maintaining educational forms and handouts for patients.
• Ongoing clinic staff education, as needed.

Skills, Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program.
• NCCPA or AANP certified, respectively.
• Minimum 5-years total post training experience, minimum 2-years pulmonary experience preferred.
• DEA license eligible upon hire, per Colorado Drug Enforcement Administration’s midlevel requirements.
• Willingness to travel to various clinic sites, as workflow dictates.
• Enthusiasm for working in an outpatient setting with a large team of physicians and clinic staff.
• Positive attitude, exemplary patient care, and willingness to adapt to changes in job description as needed for patient and clinic needs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with patients and families, as well as clinic physicians and staff.
• Proficient with Office 365 software, and the ability to quickly learn and adapt to Electronic Medical Records. Prior experience with EPIC, Meditech, NextGen, etc. beneficial, but not required.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to drive between clinic locations for meetings.
• Ability to sit or stand for extended time periods.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 30 lbs.

Compensation:

• Salary Range: $115,000 – $125,000 per year
• Paid malpractice premiums.
• Comprehensive medical benefits. Company covers 80-85% percent of individual or family premium.
• Dental and vision benefits offered at no cost to the employee. Company covers 100% of individual or family premium.
• Life and AD&D benefits.
• Optional additional life & disability insurance at group discounts.
• PTO and holiday pay.
• 401k benefits with company contribution after eligibility period.
• CME stipend and allotted time.
• No call, nights, weekends, or holidays.