Within an outpatient ambulatory practice setting, within the context of a clinical care team and a Patient-Centered Medical Home Residency practice, provide full spectrum ambulatory care including, but not limited to, chronic disease management, acute and “urgent” care, and wellness and preventative care for adult and pediatric patients. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) evaluates, assesses, diagnoses, prescribes, and educates patients regarding their particular illness or chronic disease. The position provides high-quality primary care to all patients, evaluates and treats acute and chronic problems for the patient population, completes histories, thorough assessments, and physical examinations on all patients with accurate and complete documentation reflected in medical records, and collaborates and communicates with other departments and colleagues, such as the pharmacy, to ensure optimal patient virtual care, including via telehealth appointments.
Clinical Administration (0 - .50 FTE): In addition to clinical administrative time of 8 hours per week, provide Epic in-basket management support remotely for clinicians as directed by the Medical Director.
Clinical/Direct Patient Care (.50 - 1.00 cFTE on-site): non-empaneled clinician. The clinic can flex time as needed for schedule leveling; no call pool participation.
TOTAL FTE COMMITMENT: 1.00
Examples of Work Performed
The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
Clinical Administration Duties
Provide Epic in-basket management support to patients the provider has seen and is following up on as well as patients seen by other clinic providers when they are away on vacation or FMLA.
Meet with the Medical Director monthly to discuss needs and schedule. Log into Epic based on clinic needs and as directed by the Clinic Medical Directors to see any Critical Labs.
Refill medications, review chart in detail, and check PDMP for controlled substances. Task the front desk if the patient needs to schedule an appointment.
Review any "flagged" labs and notify the patient of the results.
Answer MHC messages either with a message that their PCP is away and will answer when back or take care of the message completely; protocols to be developed.
Place referrals if appropriate.
Attempt to close the loop in as many tasks as possible.
New tasks appear continuously throughout the day. Plan to check in-box continually during clinic hours and over the lunch hour.
Clinical/Direct Patient Care Duties
In-person, appointments, and patient education based on clinic location staffing needs; clinic flex time as requested by the clinic for schedule leveling; will not carry a panel of patients.
Provide quality, accessible, cost-effective primary care for patients served by University of Colorado Hospitals and other DFM sites as designated.
Provide direct patient care for same-day acute care patients who require/request same-day appointments.
Collaborate as appropriate with medical staff in the care of complex patients.
Interact with other health professionals to create guidelines and coordinate patient care.
Collaborate with other team members in chronic disease management and patient care management.
Will not participate in after-hours call pool.
Provide quality care for other populations as assigned.
Support and collaborate with medical, nursing, and office staff.
Other Duties
