APP Neurology Inpatient/Outpatient

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Location

BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital

Title

APP Neurology Inpatient/Outpatient

Inpatient/Outpatient Neurology APP

Bronson Medical Group

Bronson Neuroscience Center has an outstanding opportunity to join their established, highly reputable practice in Southwest Michigan. Our neuroscience team is seeking a team-focused, goal oriented, energetic Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner. The candidate would provide care for adult neurology patients, with a schedule of supporting outpatient clinic and inpatient rounding and consults. This position is full-time, Monday-Friday located in Kalamazoo at Bronson Methodist Hospital with a focus on general neurology and an opportunity to build subspecialty practice in areas such as stroke, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, and headache.

Our successful growing practice currently supports twelve neurologists and eight APPs. The ideal candidate will have a desire to provide personalized, evidence-based care at the highest level in both outpatient and inpatient settings. We are looking for someone who is a good team-player, eager to learn, has great communications skills, and a passion for neurology. This position will be working mainly at our Kalamazoo Methodist Hospital location and will provide occasional support at satellite locations. No call or weekend requirements!

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 - 2 years' experience as an APP is preferred but not required. Experience in neurology, inpatient (e.g. hospitalist, critical care, ED), or internal/family medicine is preferred.
• Must be able to practice independently with strong clinical decision making; communicate clearly with patients and caregivers and be able to navigate well through the EMR (Epic).
• Is able to work both autonomously and in a team environment.
• Graduate of accredited PA/NP program with unrestricted license to practice as a PA/NP in the state of Michigan.

If interested or for more information, please contact:

Megan Grimes, Provider Recruitment Specialist, (269) 341-8631 or grimeme@bronsonhg.org

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Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, MI):

• 12 bed Neurocritical Care Unit and 40 bed Neurovascular unit
• Level One Trauma Center
• Comprehensive Stroke Center accredited by The Joint Commission
• Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Advanced Therapy recipient

About the Area

We are located in southwest Michigan, just east of Lake Michigan and about halfway between Detroit and Chicago and offers a diverse cultural opportunity, affordable real estate, and a major focus on education. Our area is home to several international companies including Kellogg Company, Pfizer Inc., and Stryker Corporation. Abundant natural resources make it the perfect choice for recreational hobbies including year-round family attractions, events, and festivals.

Bronson's Culture Statement:

At Bronson, we believe all people should have full and equal access to opportunities to live healthy lives and are committed to achieving that access across our health system. We are building a culture of belonging in an environment free of prejudice, negative bias, and stereotypes for those we employ and for the communities we serve. We are striving to employ the best teams in the communities we serve to enhance the quality of care we provide and the interactions we have with our patients, families, colleagues, and communities. We have a strategic focus on living our values by showing respect, building trust, uncovering, and addressing avoidable and unjust conditions that negatively impact individual health and wellbeing. We dedicate ourselves to seeing and advocating for all, removing barriers to care, and reducing disparities to conscientiously fulfill our mission that all have full and equal access to the opportunities to live healthy lives: Together, we advance the health of our communities.

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

40

Cost Center

8800 Bronson Neurological Svcs (BMH)

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