Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine - Care Resources - PA/NP

Shift: Days

About Metro Health – University of Michigan Health

Integrated Healthcare System

Metro Health serves more than 250,000 patients annually from across West Michigan – and beyond. In addition to a 208-bed hospital, which provides a comprehensive suite of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, Metro Health has a growing number of neighborhood outpatient centers and offices throughout West Michigan. We also provide a community clinic for the under-served and student health clinics on the campuses of Grand Valley State University and Aquinas College. With more than 500 physicians on staff, Metro Health provides a growing number of specialty health services, including cancer treatment, heart and vascular, neurology, pulmonology and others. Many are members of the Metro Health Medical Group.

Community Features

• University Affiliated Hospital
• Located in beautiful West Michigan
• 15 minutes from Gerald R. Ford International Airport
• Approximately 35 minutes from Lake Michigan
• Affordable housing
• Supportive community with good public and private schools

• Internal Medicine – Care Resources, Grand Rapids, MI – PA/NP
  
  University of Michigan Health-West is seeking a full-time, board eligible/board certified, Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (PA/NP) to assist in supporting Care Resources, an all-inclusive care program for the elderly (PACE). High caliber, quality focused, innovative providers should apply to join our team in effort to continue to expand and provide care to local communities throughout West Michigan.
  
  The PACE Program embraces the physical, mental, and social health in a “one-stop shopping” model. The model has an eleven-discipline model that includes primary care, home care, rehabilitation, prescription medicine, day center & clinic, medical specialists, nutrition services, transportation, and social services with the participant at the center of these services. The position is a critical part of the Care Resources program and will see participants of the program.
  
  PACE is a Medicare and Medicaid funded option that gives community-based care and services to people 55 or older, helping to prevent nursing home placement. PACE provides coverage for prescription drugs, doctor care, transportation, home care, checkups, hospital visits, and nursing home stays when necessary. Private pay is also available.
  
  Candidate will need to coordinate and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive experience for all patients, families, and staff.
  
  High caliber, quality focused, innovative providers should apply to join our employed team to expand and provide care to local communities. Provider will be performing full spectrum of outpatient primary care services for patients, including primary, acute, chronic, and specialty care to patients of all ages and backgrounds.
  
  Candidate will also need to coordinate and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive experience for all patients, families, and staff.
  
  MISSION, VISION, VALUES and CUSTOMER PROMISE
  
  MISSION: We are relentlessly advancing health to serve Michigan and the world.
  VISION: Our innovations change care. Our care changes lives.
  VALUES: Our values reflect our heritage and the legacy of all we’ve accomplished in the past and will build in the future. Caring, innovation, inclusion, integrity, teamwork
  CUSTOMER PROMISE: I will bring compassion and excellence to everything that I do.
  
  OPPORTUNITY DETAILS:
  
  
• Comprehensive; multi-disciplinary primary care service line
  
• Health system employed model, offering a highly market competitive compensation plan
  
• Expansive specialty service referral network serving much of the West Michigan region and Lake Michigan shoreline
  
• Available to work extended hours (including some weekends)
  
• Must have experience working in Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, or Palliative Care
  
• Provider exercises autonomy in medical decision making and provides a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to adult patients. This may include managing patients with complex, acute, critical, and chronic health conditions
  
• Assists patients in understanding their diagnosis, treatment options, and the resources available, including educating eligible patients about appropriate clinical research studies and technologies.
  
• Assesses the patient’s ability to navigate the increasingly complex healthcare continuum, assists in identifying potential barriers to timely and appropriate health care, and develops plan of care to overcome such barriers
  
• The individual collects and assists in the interpretation of reports from diagnostic and laboratory tests, radiographic procedures, and clinical studies. The position typically analyzes, compares, and evaluates various courses of action and has the authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance, free from immediate direction, within the scope of their responsibilities.
  
• Partnering team of specialists
  
  Qualifications:

• Licensed as Registered Nurse. Certified and licensed as a nurse practitioner by the State of Michigan.
  
• Certified and licensed as a physician assistant by the State of Michigan
  
• Graduate from an accredited training program
  
• BLS certification or acquisition within 90 days of employment. BLS must be maintained current throughout time of employment at UMH-West.
  
• Any additional requirements or skills specific to service line or site
  
• Must have experience working in Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, or Palliative Care
  
  ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH-WEST:
  
  University of Michigan Health-West serves more than 250,000 patients annually from across West Michigan – and beyond. In addition to a 208-bed hospital and Level II Trauma Center, which provides a comprehensive suite of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, University of Michigan Health-West has a growing number of neighborhood outpatient centers and offices throughout West Michigan. The University of Michigan Health Partners group aims to provide an innovative culture of inclusion and diversity in the work setting; along with a progressive work-life integration focus to achieve the best possible patient outcomes. Medical education is a key cornerstone to our continued innovation at UMHW, offering seven different residency programs and one fellowship program to over 80 learners. With more than 500 physicians on staff, University of Michigan Health-West provides a strategic roadmap of growth in all areas of the integrated healthcare system. Specifically, continued growth in our Heart and Vascular care, Women’s Health, Neurosciences, Cancer Care and Orthopedics; partnered with continued growth of a very strong primary care team has allowed UMHW to become the premier healthcare institution in the region and a regional referral center for care. Ranked as one of the “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” in West Michigan and the nation, a modern medical group governance structure allows UMHW to best drive quality and clinical outcomes, experience and innovation, technology, finance, operations, and compensation. UMHP/UMH-West is proud to serve a diverse patient population; with that, the ideal candidate for this position would have experience working with culturally diverse patients and be fluent in any of the following languages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Nepali and Bosnian.
  
  COMMUNITY FEATURES:

• University of Michigan affiliated hospital system
  
• Located in beautiful West Michigan15 minutes from Gerald R. Ford International Airport
  
• Approximately 35 minutes from Lake Michigan
  
• Safest City in Michigan – Wallet Hub
  
• Michigan’s second largest city with a population of 1.4 million
  
• Regional growth of 2.1% outpacing national averages.
  
• #1 Best places to raise a family in the United States – Rocket Homes
  
• #3 Best Business Climate – Business Facilities
  
• #11 Most affordable place to live in the United States – US News and World Report
  
• #16 Best places to live in the United States – US News and World Report
  
• #18 Best places to live in the US for quality of life – US News and World Report
  
• Beer City, USA
  
• Top 20 U.S. Foodie City
  
• Within 25 miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline home to many cozy beach towns
  
• The Gerald R. Ford International Airport is the second largest airport in Michigan and the 86th largest airport nationally, serving more than 2 million passengers annually.
  
• Increased diversity more than half of the past decade’s population growth can be attributed to diverse groups.
  
• Grand Rapids is headquarters to many national and multi-national companies including Steelcase, Herman Miller, Haworth, Alticor (formerly Amway), Wolverine Worldwide, Meijer and Zondervan
  
• Affordable housing in both suburban and rural settings
  
• Supportive and diverse community with highly ranked public and private schools
  
  

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Requisition #: req10567