Advanced Practice Provider

Department/Unit:

Health Service

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$0.00 - $0.00Employee Health Services - APP

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Health Service Advanced Practice Provider (APP) diagnoses and treats human responses to actual or potential health problems.  The APP helps to fulfill the mission of supporting AMC’s obligations to governing agencies such as the NYS DOH, O.S.H.A., the Worker’s Compensation division of the NYS DOL, J.C.A.H.O., and the Center’s Infection Control, Environmental Health and Safety, and Hazardous Substance Medical Surveillance programs.  The APP has the responsibility for the clinical and patient care duties inherent in the implementation of these programs.  The APP is expected to collaborate with the entire EHS team in order to provide timely, customer focused service.  The APP assumes the responsibility for patient care within the scope of his/her license, and the administrative duties inherent in this position.  The APP works independently and with a high degree of responsibility for the implementation of organizational plans.  Organizationally, the APP reports to the EHS Manager and practices under the supervision of the EHS Medical Director. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

              PATIENT CARE:

Clinical decision making to validate the appropriateness of treatment within the scope of Employee Health Service practice.               Prompt attention to the identification and response to critical patient needs. Post-offer physical exams and review of history.  Post-offer clearance Annual physical exams and review of history for clearance. Provide acute care for illness and injury to the extent that it can be done with limited ancillary testing.  Fitness for duty evaluations Compliance with Infection Control policies. Collaboration with PMD’s to expedite HCW evaluations and follow-up. Understanding and implementation of the Bloodborne pathogen exposure protocol to include PEP regimens. Pre and post test HIV counseling for HCW and Source patients Work related injury evaluation to include incident reports and collaboration with Risk Management Worksite visits as needed Return–to–work evaluations HCW counseling regarding positive Tb skin tests, Quantiferon testing, and HIV Latex evaluations Understanding and implementation of special programs. Evaluation and interpretation of pulmonary function tests and audiograms Collaboration with EH&S, Risk Management, And the HCW’s PMD and Supervisor to improve the HCW’s response to their work environment in the event of workplace concerns. Self-assessment reviews

GENERAL DUTIES:

Prepare concise, clear, and legible documentation of each patient encounter. Timely completion of all charts and electronic health record. Review and interpretation of outside medical records as supplied by the patient through various mediums. Review, interpretation, documentation, and follow up of lab variances. Documentation and follow-up of all Latex allergic HCW with yearly evaluation. Maintain APP office in a neat and organized manner. Collaborate with Epidemiology, HIV Medicine, Environmental Health and Safety, Allergy, and Risk Management when needed Assist the nursing staff to increase timely through-put of HCW at busy times.

9.           Projects as assigned by the manager.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily as outlined in the attached annual competency assessment.  Where feasible, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the job’s essential functions.

EDUCATION:

Must hold current New York State registration as APP.

BLS certification.

EXPERIENCE:

None required.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals.  Ability to document patient care on established forms.  Ability to communicate cooperatively and effectively to patients, family members, employees and others.  Ability to listen well, to take direction and to engage in interactive dialogues with others.  Ability to seek out the input of others to achieve consensus.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

• Ability to be honest, to be punctual, and to perform the job in adherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct as defined by AMC and the tenets of the profession. 
• Ability to implement organizational plans, and the mandates of governing agencies.
• Ability to be accurate in such matters as record-keeping, and to use good judgment when performing the functions of the job or when interacting with others.
• Ability to accept direction, carry out orders, to work cooperatively with others and to avoid the creation of unnecessary conflict.
• Ability to adhere to AMC’s policies, procedures and practices, and to utilize AMC’s problem-solving processes for resolving grievances or disagreements.
• Ability to anticipate and resolve potential problems to ensure the continuity of appropriate patient care.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to identify problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.  Ability to improve job performance through continuing education.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to probe, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, and speak and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, accurate color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be subject to infectious materials and chemicals (see unit specific MSDS information).

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This job requires as an essential function that the majority of the time the employee be physically on-site as the work cannot be done from a remote location.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently.  This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements.  Employees will be required to perform any other job-related instructions given by their supervisor subject to reasonable accommodations.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!​

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.