Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Care

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital is a 25-bed, independent, not-for-profit facility that proudly serves Angola and Steuben County as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital. We’ve been a cornerstone of this community and the surrounding area in northeast Indiana dating back to 1926. Over the years, we’ve helped generation after generation of area residents enjoy better health and live comfortably. Today, Cameron Hospital has grown into something more than a simple community hospital. Filled with advanced equipment and skilled specialists, Cameron is a modern, high-tech facility that provides advanced diagnostics, a variety of specialties and cutting-edge treatment options that are combined with highly personalized and compassionate care.

The Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner provides medical direction and treatment of patients within the PA/NP Scope of Practice and in collaboration with the Urgent Care Medical Director.

DEPARTMENT: Urgent Care - Cameron Medical Group

JOB TITLE: Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

SHIFT: Full-Time, 72 hours bi-weekly

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Exemplifies good customer service.
• Regular reliable attendance.
• Ability to get along with others.
• Demonstrates proficient use of email.
• Demonstrates good communication skills both verbal and written.
• Conducts a comprehensive assessment of patients, interprets medical histories, performs physical examinations, identifies problems and formulates a plan of treatment.
• Completes patient medical record documentation efficiently and accurately in EPIC.
• Assess normal and abnormal findings from the patient history, physical examination, laboratory test and other diagnostic findings such as radiology exams.
• Works closely with clinic physician in referring patients with significant abnormal findings.
• Orders/performs lab procedures and interprets lab test results following the Urgent Care CLIA waiver guidelines. Obtains lab specimens appropriately for send-outs.
• Performs age appropriate care to pediatric, adult and geriatric patients.
• Prescribes medications which are within the scope of practice and current standards of care.
• Facilitates the patient and family decision making process by providing educational tools
• Depending on patient volumes and nurse activity will assist the nurse with patient admitting/discharge, procedures, and treatments to help facilitate a consistent patient flow.
• Participates effectively as a team member by supporting change, other staff, administrative and department decisions and by managing conflict appropriately.
• Participates in the development/ reviewing of Urgent Care policies/procedures.
• Follows Cameron Hospitals’ established guidelines for disclosure of protected health information (PHI)
• Obtains continuing education credits.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner program and successfully pass the board certifying examination.
• Current DEA certificate without restriction.
• Current license in the State of Indiana.
• Must be able to meet Cameron Hospital’s credentialing requirements.
• Complete a CAQH and update annually as required.