Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

US Health$110K — $144K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 2-3 years of Family Medicine experience seeing patients of all ages required
  • Master's Degree in Physician Assistant Studies or Nursing from an accredited program
  • Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner in Colorado
  • Certification from relevant national board (NCCPA for PAs or ANCC/AANPCB for NPs) required and must be maintained
  • Unrestricted DEA permit to prescribe medications required
  • Eligible for Medicare/Medicaid services without sanctions
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Responsibilities

  • Respond to patient messages with evidence-based clinical guidance
  • Order labs and diagnostic tests when necessary
  • Manage prescription refill requests efficiently
  • Facilitate specialty referrals as required
  • Enhance patient engagement through secure messaging
  • See same-day acute care patients to improve access
  • Streamline clinical workflows to elevate patient and team satisfaction.

Benefits

  • Flexible weekly schedule of four 10-hour days, weekdays only
  • No call requirements for better work-life balance
  • Generous continuing medical education (CME) allowance
  • Exceptional health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Paid time off (PTO) and paid family/medical leave available
  • Education benefits including tuition reimbursement for relevant degrees
  • Full suite of voluntary benefits, including wellness programs and financial support.
Full Job Description
Description

UCHealth Medical Group is excited to welcome a full-time Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our team in a unique asynchronous medicine role supporting the Mason Primary Care Clinic in Fort Collins, Colorado.

This position offers a unique blend of responsibilities, combining indirect patient care with same-day patient care services. You will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact both direct patient care and through the critical work that happens behind the scenes. In this role, you will support our established patient population by:
• Responding to patient messages with evidence-based clinical guidance
• Ordering labs and diagnostic tests
• Managing prescription refill requests
• Facilitating specialty referrals
• Enhancing communication and patient engagement through secure messaging
• Seeing same-day acute care patients

This is a full-time position that supports work-life balance:

• Flexible weekly schedule of four 10-hour/days. Weekdays only.

• No call requirements.

This role plays a vital part in improving patient access, streamlining clinical workflows, and elevating overall satisfaction-both for patients and care teams.

Our ideal candidate will bring a positive and caring personality, is innovative, autonomous as well as a team player. We are looking for someone who wants to join well-established and highly regarded Internal Medicine clinic with comprehensive and supportive services.
• Be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team
• Enjoy a flexible and supportive work environment focused on innovation and outcomes

REQUIRED:
2-3 years of Family Medicine experience, seeing patients of all ages
Family Nurse Practitioner candidates must have full prescriptive authority to be considered for this position.

This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until a top candidate is identified.

We are unable to support visa candidates for this position.

Requirements for Physician Assistants
    • Master's Degree in Physician Assistant Studies
    • Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Colorado.
    • Physician Assistant Certification (PA-C) issued by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment
    • Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of practice.
    • Eligible to provide services reimbursable services and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.
    • Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration's (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs.
    • Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges.
    • Prescriptive authority as appropriate, per medical staff service privileging process.
    • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.


    Requirements for Nurse Practitioners
    • Master's degree in Nursing and graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program
    • Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment.
    • Unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license issued by the State Board of Nursing in the state of practice or compact privileges under the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact agreement
    • Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges
    • Full prescriptive authority
    • Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of practice.
    • Eligible to provide services reimbursable services and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.
    • Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration's (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs.
    • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross


    Exceptional Benefits

    This position offers a competitive compensation package:

    • The pay range for this full-time position is $110,577 - $144,966 annually. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. A productivity incentive may be offered for this position.
    • Relocation support may be offered.
    • Paid malpractice.
    • Generous continuing medical education (CME) allowance.
    • 403(b) with employer matching contribution; 457(b) voluntary option if eligible.
    • Exceptional health and welfare benefits including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, disability coverage including coverage for eligible dependents.
    • Wellness benefits.
    • Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs.
    • Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank.
    • Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year.

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