Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant (APP) - Family Medicine Team

About the job

MultiCare is hiring a full-time nurse practitioner or physician assistant (APP) for its family medicine team at Rockwood Clinic in Spokane. As a clinician on the MultiCare Medical Partners multidisciplinary team, which delivers population-based care, the APP provides comprehensive primary care focused on health promotion, prevention and chronic disease management for a diverse range of patients.

Rockwood Clinic, part of MultiCare, ranks among the largest outpatient diagnostic and treatment centers in the region, serving communities in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana. It has more than 350 physicians and providers in 50 specialties, plus multiple primary and urgent care locations, and handles more than 160,000 patient visits a year.

What you'll do

• Complete comprehensive assessments, diagnose conditions, develop care plans and prescribe medications for patients of all ages
• Diagnose and treat acute and chronic illness following evidence-based guidelines
• Give individuals and families preventive care, health education and counseling
• Document patient encounters and asynchronous care accurately and on time
• Help cover for clinic colleagues and take part in after-hours call coverage as the department directs
• Join multidisciplinary meetings, care reviews and care planning, and coordinate care with every member of the care delivery team
• Help develop and improve population-based care
• Use data and risk stratification tools to identify the highest-risk patients for outreach
• Work on quality improvement aimed at health outcomes, cost effectiveness and cost reduction
• Support transitions of care and help reduce readmissions and ED use

What you need

• Active Washington State nurse practitioner or physician assistant license
• DEA and state prescriptive authority
• Current BLS for Healthcare Providers certification from the American Heart Association

Preferred

• At least two years of experience as a primary care provider

Schedule

• Day shift: four 10-hour days
• Limited on-call requirements, backed by a 24/7 nurse triage service
• Full-time, 1.0 FTE

Benefits

• Potential sign-on and relocation
• Medical, dental and retirement benefits, CME and malpractice insurance
• Annual leave and generous time off
• Career growth and leadership opportunities
• Research opportunities with the MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation
• A wellness program with dedicated mental health services and leadership and wellness coaching
• A dedicated medical assistant for each provider
• Epic EMR
• Support from a multi-specialty group of more than 300 providers