Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Residency Program - Urban Health Plan : Job Details
Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Residency Program
Urban Health PlanJob Location : Bronx,NY, USA
Urban Health Planis a network of federally qualified community health centers that offers comprehensive, affordable, quality primary and specialty health care. We are located in the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan and are accredited by the Joint Commission. At Urban Health Plan (UHP), our commitment to provide patient-centered, holistic, quality health care, is part of a tradition started by our founder, Dr. Richard Izquierdo, more than 40 years ago. That tradition continues today by promoting excellence in everything that we do. We provide affordable, comprehensive, quality health care. Urban Health Plan is about community health. We strive to deliver the highest quality of care to all patients who come through our doors. At UHP, we recognize challenges that face primary care; we strive to be at the forefront of innovative practices and building a supportive environment focusing on associate and provider well-being. We value our providers; we value our patients, and we know that happy providers and happy patients bring forth better outcomes. We are always searching for ways to allow providers to focus on patient care and focus on clinical-care innovation through strong, supportive departments, active clinical leadership, and responsive administration. We are community health. Providers are not alone; they work as part of a health care team that focuses on optimizing population management with an emphasis on personalized medicine, explores innovative practices including the use of state-of-the-art technology, EMR upgrades and improvements, use of telemedicine, and other practices to improve outcomes and decrease provider burnout, and emphasize provider learning and commitment to teamwork. We encourage provider champions for new initiatives and grants, host monthly CME accredited education sessions, foster involvement with professional school students and have a growing community-based research department. We practice holistic, team-based medicine. Urban Health Plan's mission is to continuously improve the health of communities and the quality of life of the people we serve by providing affordable, comprehensive, quality, primary, and specialty health care and by assuring the performance and advancement of innovative best practices. We are looking for capable, energetic, passionate physicians, looking to work in an environment that fosters,patient-centered, holistic, quality medical care, in a practice setting that encourages innovation, creativity, learning, and growth. We are innovative, creative, and continuously improving. JOB DESCRITION:We are innovative, creative, and integrate the social determinants of health (SDH) to provide exceptional and compassionate care in our communities. We now offer two 12 month program tracks:The Family/Adult Nurse Practitioner/ Pediatric Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Residency (fully accredited by the National Nurse Practitioner Residency & Fellowship Training Consortium)
- Participate in continuity clinics which are the cornerstone of the residency program. Residents develop their own patient panel of children and/or adults working with dedicated support of an expert preceptor (APRN, PA, and/or Physician).
- Participate in specialtyrotations in intensive areas of practice including child (Family track ONLY), adolescent, specialties and special populations, adult and geriatric comprehensive care.
- Participate in didactic and administrative roles that serve to develop the professional competency of the NP/PA
- Develop knowledge and skills to improve care utilizing quality improvement (QI) tools and methods
- Opportunities to participate in additional subspecialty trainings in leadership and HIV etc. and to engage
- Bidirectional formal and informal evaluations of professional competency and growth
- Participate in continuity clinics which are the cornerstone of the residency program. Residents develop their own patient panel of adults and children, working with dedicated support of an expert preceptor (APRN and/or Psychiatrist).
- Participate in specialtyrotations in longitudinal and intensive areas of practice including child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric, and MAT using a group therapy modality across several facilities and settings
- Participate in psychotherapy supervision sessions weekly to develop this modality of care
- Participate in didactic and administrative roles that serve to develop the professional competency of the NP/PA
- Develop knowledge and skills to improve care utilizing quality improvement (QI) tools and methods
- Opportunities to participate in additional ECHOs including Project ECHO® Buprenorphine
- Bidirectional formal and informal evaluations of professional competency and growth