Physician Assistant & Nurse Practitioner UCA Fellowship Program

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Job Title:

Physician Assistant & Nurse Practitioner UCA Fellowship Program

Pay Rate:

$65.00/hr.

Urgent care Advanced Practitioners (Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner) provide a wide variety of clinical services including treatment of acute episodic conditions such as sore throats, colds, flu-like symptoms, cuts, sprains and minor infections. Functioning in lieu of or alongside of a physician, it is essential for an urgent care Advanced Practitioner to have excellent assessment skills to recognize more serious conditions and direct the patient to the emergency room for advanced care when necessary.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Education

• Bachelor's Degree required for Physician Assistants

• Master's Degree required for Nurse Practitioners

Work Experience

• Adult and pediatric practice experience strongly preferred

Required Licenses/Certification:

• National Certification

• Active state medical licensure

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Experience with EKG interpretation as well as x-ray interpretation

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred:

• Knowledge and experience with Electronic Medical Records

• Ability to be attentive with strong listening skills

• Strong communication and customer service skills

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Essential functions are those tasks, duties and responsibilities that comprise the means of accomplishing the job’s purpose and objectives. Essential functions are critical or fundamental to the performance of the job. They are the major functions for which the person in the job is held accountable.

The Following are the essential functions of the job:

• Work clinically alongside faculty preceptors with various levels of supervision during the fellowship period

• Attend mandatory didactic sessions virtually or in person

• Participate in procedural skills labs as scheduled

• Participate in all requirements of the fellowship program as laid out in the fellow handbook

• Fellows are expected to complete independent learning as required or recommended, whether it be reading materials (articles, journals, etc.), videos, or online education platforms.

• Fellows are expected to master the contents of the core curriculum and continue to invest in their own education through additional self-directed learning and demonstrate proficiency and knowledge of topics covered during didactics or cases encountered during their clinical shifts.

• Fellows will undergo multiple evaluations in various formats to assess their knowledge and proficiency of urgent care medicine

During the fellowship, fellows are expected to grow proficient in:

• Examining and treating patients

• Taking patients’ medical histories

• Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and X-rays

• EKG interpretation

• Procedures as outlined by the UCA

• Making diagnoses and prescribing medications

• Treating minor injuries that may require sutures, splints, or casting

• Recording progress notes for follow-up patients

• Educating and counseling patients

• Ordering and/or carrying out therapy with patients

• Coding and billing

• Giving vaccinations, and referring patients to additional care

• Each provider will work an anticipated eight (8), twelve (12) hours and sixteen (16) hours per shift which will be assigned by an authorized representative of GoHealth Urgent Care

• All other duties as assigned

Note: this job description is not inclusive of all the duties of the position. You may be asked by leaders to perform other duties. Management reserves the right to revise this position description at any time.

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All qualified persons are granted an equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, genetic information, medical condition, family care leave status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, otherwise qualified disabled or veteran status. The company will comply with all fair employment laws in each of the jurisdictions where we conduct business.