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Bronson LakeView Family Care - Paw Paw (Suite A) in Paw Paw, MI is seeking to hire a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their busy established Family Medicine Practice.

Position Highlights:

• See full spectrum family practice patients
• Candidate will work alongside two physicians and two APPs
• No OB or inpatient medicine opportunity
• Hospital-employed, Full-time outpatient only position
• Team Approach with Ambulatory Care Manager, clinical pharmacy support, social worker, as well as nurse triage. 
• As a Rural Health practice, we will work with the APP to create a schedule to offer appointments as early as 7:30 am or as late as 7 pm at least one day a week. 
• Patients of the practice have access to an onsite pharmacy, laboratory and imaging. 
• Nurse Triage service is available after hours and on the weekends and patient call volume after hours is very low.  
• APP will provide call coverage one evening during the week and share call with 17 additional family care providers for weekend and holiday coverage.   

Qualifications:

• Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program
• Current unrestricted or pending Licensure in the state of Michigan
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient-centered care

Join Bronson Healthcare:

At Bronson, our vision is simple and straightforward — exceptional healthcare made easier for every person. With more than 8,800 employees and 1,500 medical staff members, Bronson is the largest employer and leading healthcare system in southwest Michigan. Learn more at bronsonhealth.com.

About Paw Paw Michigan: Paw Paw is located 25 minutes west of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Kalamazoo is the home of Western Michigan University, and is located within a two-hour drive of both Chicago and Detroit. Southwestern Michigan features a four-season climate and abundant natural resources including easy access to Lake Michigan, promoting biking, boating, skiing, and numerous other sports and recreational activities year round. The area offers many year-round family attractions, events and festivals for all ages. With a variety of entertainment, quality dining, unique shops and galleries in Paw Paw and neighboring communities, you will find something to please the entire family

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.

For more information on Bronson visit bronsonhealth.com.

Interested Candidates please email CV to Hilary Wade at [email protected]

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

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