Advance Practice Provider - Primary Care (Baytown)
Company: Houston Methodist Primary Care Group
Location: Baytown
Posted on: October 7, 2024
Job Description:
At Houston Methodist, the Advanced Practice Provider - Primary
Care position is responsible for maintaining and promoting the
health of the patient requiring primary care, while practicing
medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician. This
position will provide diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative care
to primary care patients. This position may conduct physicals,
order tests and therapy, prescribe medications, and refer to
specialists when appropriate. This position works in an outpatient
primary care setting and may perform independently under the
indirect supervision of a license physician or as part of a
treatment team. The Advanced Practice Provider - Primary Care
position may be either a license Nurse Practitioner or licensed
Physician Assistant. NP positions effect direct patient care
according to the Board of Nursing in the State of Texas and Houston
Methodist policies and procedures. PA positions effect direct
patient care according to the Board of Physician Assistants in the
State of Texas and Houston Methodist policies and procedures.
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Demonstrates leadership as a clinical resource,
interprofessional consultant, and patient/family advocate.
Identifies staff development opportunities for professional growth
of colleagues, provides coaching to meet identified goals.
- Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work
environment. Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective
verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
- Communicates organizational information and aspects of
administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive
manner when interacting with staff. Advocates for a balanced
workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer
accountability, improvement of department score for employee
engagement.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Coordinates appropriate, timely patient care under physician
supervisor, for a defined patient population(s), focusing on
identified expected unit/optimal outcomes, individualized to the
patient. Prioritizes care based on the patient's needs, abilities
and preferences
- Collaborates with interprofessional team members to
manage/coordinate patient care.
- Responds and is available timely to patient questions/issues
that arise as triaged by clinical staff. Helps drive improvement of
department score for patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer
accountability to service standards.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Functions as a quality care provider, coordinating,
maintaining, and promoting the health of the patient. Performs
functions under physician supervision, such as diagnosis, use of
prescriptive authority, and treatment according to practice
guidelines, protocols, and/or standing orders to ensure patient
safety.
- Conducts health assessments (initial, ongoing, discharge, as
appropriate), identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics,
reviews medications and test reports to develop a plan of care,
initiate appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes on
defined patient population(s).
- Assists the interprofessional health care team in the
development and implementation of protocols to ensure patient
safety. Integrates and contributes to professional practice
standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements
in patient safety related processes.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Implements department strategies to achieve financial targets
and mentors others to do the same through timely documentation of
care, optimizing clinic workflow efficiency, and other areas
according to department specifications.
- Performs accurate documentation in medical records, including
diagnosis and CPT coding.
- Projects awareness and understanding of resource allocation
based on patient needs and staff experience, knowledge, and skills.
- Contributes to department plans for resource utilization and
capital needs to meet department financial target.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Promotes quality health care through integration of current
research into practice and participation in research/evidence-based
activities. Leads and identifies opportunities for practice changes
and performance improvement.
- Provides education of information/knowledge in professional
activities such as research, presentations, and publications.
Expands individual clinical knowledge and coaches staff to grow in
knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Serves as clinical
resource.
- Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate
management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an
on-going basis.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the
employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job
duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise
job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
EDUCATION
- For PA: Bachelor of Physician Assistant Studies from accredited
Physician Assistant program by National Commission on Certification
of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- For NP: Master of Science in Nursing
WORK EXPERIENCE
- For PA: One year of advanced practice clinical experience
- For NP: Two years of advanced practice clinical experience
- Two years of advanced practice clinical experience in primary
care, family medicine, or outpatient internal medicine
preferred
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED
- PA - Physician Assistant - State Licensure -- For PA: Licensed
and credentialed by the Texas Board of Physician Assistants
AND
- PA-C - Physician Assistant-Certified (NCCPA) -- For PA
- RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure and/or Compact
State Licensure -- For NP within 60 days OR
- RN-Temp - Registered Nurse - Temporary State Licensure -- For
NP within 60 days AND
- APRN - Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Texas Board of
Nursing -- For NP AND
- Magnet - ANCC Recognized Certification -- For NP: Certified by
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Association
of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) as a Nurse Practitioner, based on
applicable patient population, i.e. FNP, AGNP, NNP, PMHNP, WHNP
OR
- AANP - Credentialed member, American Academy Of Nurse
Practitioners (AANP) -- For NP: Certified by American Nurses
Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Association of Nurse
Practitioners (AANP) as a Nurse Practitioner, based on applicable
patient population, i.e. FNP, AGNP, NNP, PMHNP, WHNP AND
- AP - Prescriptive Authority - Texas Board of Nursing AND
- DEA - Narcotics License (DEA) within 6 months AND
- BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely
perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills,
competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the
English language necessary to perform the essential functions of
this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or
employee safety or security
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians,
family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a
customer service focus and application of positive language
principles
- Use of critical thinking skills and clinical judgement to work
autonomously as defined by the Board of Physician Assistants
- Accepts accountability for outcomes in healthcare
- Uses therapeutic communication to establish a relationship with
patients, families, and interprofessional team to collaborate on
the plan of care
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skill as evidenced by
capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and role components
- Ability to exercise judgment in interactions with physicians,
interprofessional care team and patients and their families
- Demonstrates proficient time management skillsSUPPLEMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS
WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform No
- Scrubs Yes
- Business professional Yes
- Other (department approved) YesON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during
emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless
of selection below.
- On Call* YesTRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area NoCompany
Profile:With more than 40 locations throughout the Greater Houston
area, Houston Methodist Primary Care Group brings quality,
compassionate care to for the entire family, to the communities
where our patients work and live. As part of the Houston Methodist
health system - one of the nation's leading health systems - the
Primary Care Group offers efficient access to world-class specialty
care and hospital services from a network comprised of the nation's
leading hospitals and health care professionals.Houston Methodist
is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of women, minorities,
disabled persons and veterans.Equal Employment OpportunityHouston
Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Equal employment
opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Houston Methodist
is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will not engage in
discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or
seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or other
characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor -
priority referral Protected Veterans requested.
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