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Munson Healthcare Urology Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) - Saturday - Monday in Traverse City, Michigan
Join Our Munson Healthcare Urology Team!
Weekend Only | Saturday, Sunday and Monday
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Munson Healthcare’s Bay Area Urology group is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider that will deliver high quality care to all urology patients. The Urology Advance Practice Provider will work with Munson Urology physicians to care for patients, improve office efficiency, consultation, follow up availability, and inpatient care.
Join a not-for-profit healthcare system and find the right balance between a rewarding career and a beautiful place to live. Enjoy access to excellent education options and multiple 4 season outdoor activities. Our mission is to improve lives, including the quality of yours .
BENEFITS:
Munson Healthcare offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health and life-work balance goals.
Competitive compensation and full benefits
Exceptional health, dental, vision and prescription drug insurance plans
401(k) matching
Continuing education credits
Malpractice insurance
Paid time off
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
W orks as a member of the clinical team to promote, support and provide management of urologic medical care to patients in the Traverse City area.
Evaluates and reviews the plan of care at regularly scheduled office visits utilizing sound clinical judgment based on assessment of physical, psychological, emotional, societal and environmental needs of the patients.
Manages patient care in the outpatient setting performing comprehensive history and physical examinations, ordering appropriate lab and radiographic studies, interpreting lab and x-ray results, performing in-office procedures, managing urology medications, making treatment decisions, and determining appropriate follow up.
Assists with inpatient consultations and documentation of inpatient history & physicals, as well as follow up notes.
Completes appropriate documentation of all evaluations, care, and services rendered in the electronic medical record to accurately reflect services in the patient record and to ensure appropriateness of billing.
Communicates with referring or primary care physicians regarding patient care and treatment.
Responds to telephone inquiries from clinic patients and provides appropriate medical care and/or counseling.
Assists individuals to assume responsibility for the prevention of illness and the promotion of health maintenance and/or restoration of health.
Observes the Munson Healthcare Advance Practice Provider prescriptive authority guidelines.
Maintains knowledge of current medical trends and ongoing professional development in pertinent medical fields.
Participates in and / or serves as a resource for medical, nursing, and community education programs.
Meets department productivity requirements. Recognizes and understands the need for full daily schedules. Independently monitors own daily appointment schedule and works in conjunction with other staff members to fill open appointment times.
Responds to medical emergencies as required.
STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS
Education / Training:
Master's Degree in Nursing OR a Masters in Physician Assistant studies.
Work Experience :
Urology experience is preferred but not required.
Certification, Licensure, Registration :
State of Michigan Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant license required.
About Munson Healthcare
Munson Medical Center – the regional referral center for all of northern Michigan – has earned a national reputation for top quality care. The 442-bed hospital offers the only verified Level II Trauma Center and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Michigan’s northern lower peninsula, nationally recognized cardiac care provided at the Webber Heart Center, advanced oncology services in the leading-edge Cowell Family Cancer Center, a Primary Stroke Center, heart and cancer research programs, a robust teaching hospital for residents, interns, medical students, and nursing students, and a stellar orthopedics program. Munson Medical Center has served Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Antrim counties since 1915, with a long history and heritage of keeping patients at the center of all they do.
COMMUNITY
As a non-profit healthcare system, Munson Healthcare provides more than $60 million annually (https://www.munsonhealthcare.org/grayling-hospital/about-us/community-benefit-grayling) in:
Community Education
Free, discounted and unreimbursed healthcare services
Healthcare programs
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Munson Healthcare grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.