What are the responsibilities and job description for the Express Care - Advanced Practitioner - Cedar Rapids, Iowa position at UnityPoint Health?
UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for an Advanced Practitioner to join our Express Care team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Becker’s Healthcare and among America’s Best Employers By State in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.
UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care. The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions. The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.
UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids serves a seven-county area surrounding Cedar Rapids. St. Luke’s Hospital is the only hospital in Cedar Rapids designated as a Top 50 Heart Hospital six times, has been named a top 50 Hospital in the Nation by Healthgrades, named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health eight times and also has been honored six times as Becker’s Hospital Review ‘100 Great Hospitals in America’. St. Luke’s is also a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.
- Concierge model Urgent Care
- Care Clinic open 8am-8pm x 365 days per year
- 1.0 FTE (Full time benefits)
- Flexible shift options available including weekends
- Required to work 1 Summer Holiday and 1 Winter Holiday
- No call requirements
- Work with experienced staff
- No appointments necessary
- Fully integrated system with clinic and hospitals on Epic EMR to improve care coordination
Responsibilities
- Position will split between two Express Care locations; Peck's Landing and Lindale
- Provide medical treatment for minor illnesses and injures
- Excellent assessment skills
- Work in a fast paced environment
- Provide high quality care to all ages
- Offer select diagnostic tests
- Prescribe treatment, refer patients for follow up care, and educate patients
Qualifications
- Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
- Board Certified
- 1-2 years of Family Medicine or Urgent care experience, as an advanced practitioner; If new grad, must have ER or Urgent Care experience, as a nurse
- Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa
- Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
- Eligible to work in the United States
We offer
- Initial 2-year salary guarantee with ability to exceed on an innovative compensation program
- Attractive incentive package
- A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
- Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
- Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance
- Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.
- A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
- Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
- A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.
Cedar Rapids
Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa’s centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state’s Eastern region. As the second-largest city in the state, “The City of Five Seasons” offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle. Learn more about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.
Please complete online application at www.practicewithunitypoint.org
- Area of Interest: Advanced Practice Nursing and Physician Assistants;
- Job ID: 158159;