Position Summary
Department: Bayfront Medical Group - FMC STAR Clinic (Support Team for Aftercare and Resources)
Status: Full Time
Title: ARNP, PAC, Nurse Practitioner, Physicians Assistant, APP, Advanced Practice Provider
This unique Advanced Practice Provider (APP) position offers the opportunity to provide care across two complementary practice settings: the STAR (Support Team for Aftercare and Resources) Clinic and our Primary Care team.
The STAR Clinic is a post-discharge transitional care program focused on helping patients with complex medical and medication needs successfully transition from the hospital to the outpatient setting.
The APP will provide comprehensive follow-up care, medication management, care coordination, and facilitate connections to primary care and community resources to improve outcomes and reduce avoidable readmissions. In addition to supporting the STAR Clinic, the APP will practice within our Primary Care clinics, providing direct patient care to improve access, support same-day and follow-up appointments, and assist with provider coverage.
This structure allows the APP to develop and maintain an independent primary care patient panel while contributing to a collaborative, team-based care model. This dual-role position offers a diverse and rewarding practice with opportunities to build long-term patient relationships, improve care transitions, enhance patient access, and collaborate closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing, pharmacy, and care management teams to deliver high-quality, coordinated care.
Responsibilities
- Assesses the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination, and diagnostic studies.
- Recognizes deviations from normal in the physical assessment; works collaboratively to formulate treatment plans.
- Implements appropriate management based on laboratory results, physical assessment, routine diagnostic and follow-up studies, therapeutic measures, admission and discharge care in accordance with written practice protocols.
- Initiates appropriate actions to facilitate the implementation of therapeutic plans that are consistent with the continuing healthcare needs of patients.
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
- Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families.
- Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients' rights.
- Identifies, analyzes, and resolves patient care issues to foster significant improvement in patient care.
- Dictates and documents an accurate and timely manner.
- Maintains provision of preventive health services.
- Conducts or participates in daily multidisciplinary rounds.
- Performs detailed history and physical examinations and documents inpatient H & P and discharge summaries (Must be reviewed and countersigned by supervising medical staff member within 24 hours and may not be substituted for physician H & P).
- Writes or dictates reports and progress notes appropriately in the medical record,
- Triages patients.
- Shares clinical expertise with professional and supportive personnel and collaborates with other healthcare disciplines to ensure continuity and quality of care.
- Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
- Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
- Acts as a role model and resource person for staff.
- Participates in review and revision of policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates compliance with standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
- Establishes relationships with professionals of other health-related groups within the community.
- Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication with diverse populations, including physicians, employees, patients, and families.
Qualifications
Education/Training Nurse Practitioner
- MN or MSN or DNP or PhD or DNS degree in nursing.
Physician Assistant
- Graduate of accredited physician assistant program.
Licensure/Certification Nurse Practitioner
- APRN license in the state of Florida.
- After July 1, 2006, licensure applicants are required to have national advanced certification from an approved nursing specialty board.
- Maintains current BLS certification.
Physician Assistant
- Maintain current physician assistant licensure in State of Florida.
- Maintain current BLS/healthcare certification.
Experience - Primary Care experience preferred
