Full-Time Advanced Practice Provider Family Medicine

**Full-Time Advanced Practice Provider – Family Medicine**
**Location: Rapid City, SD**
**1+ years of clinical and healthcare experience**

Job Summary
• Under physician supervision, the Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) assumes primary responsibility in their specialty area according to federal, state, and local regulations
• Manages selected at-risk or complex patients and patient populations in collaboration with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare team members
• Demonstrates knowledge, critical thinking, and skills to plan, coordinate, and provide care on a continuing basis
Essential Functions
• Predominantly outpatient practice; ≤20% time spent in the inpatient setting
• Acts as an agent of the supervising physician for delegated medical services within the APP’s scope of practice
• Assess, diagnose, treat, and manage patients’ healthcare needs; apply interventions, evaluate outcomes, and adjust plans of care
• Communicates changes in patient status to meet patient needs
• May share in practice call requirements
• May perform procedures and provide first assist coverage
• No operating room requirement
• No ED/unassigned call requirement
• Completes thorough, timely documentation in accordance with facility policies
• Complies with scope of care under federal, state, local regulations, and supervising physician protocols
• Provides appropriate referrals and transfers when necessary
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of disease processes during health history, physical exams, or problem-focused assessments
• Orders tests, procedures, and therapies in collaboration with medical staff following organizational policies
• Performs ongoing patient assessments and formulates care plans collaboratively
• Recognizes physical, developmental, and psychosocial distress and provides interventions
• Responds appropriately to emergency situations based on patient needs
• Performs all other duties as assigned
Additional Requirements
• Required:
o Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) – South Dakota Board of Nursing or
o Physician Assistant (PA) – South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
• Preferred:
o 1+ years of clinical experience
o 1+ years of healthcare experience
Physical Requirements
• Light work: exerting up to 20 lbs occasionally, 10 lbs frequently, or negligible force constantly to move objects
Job Details
• Job Category: Clinical Care
• Job Family: Advanced Practice Provider
• Department: Primary Care
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Shift: Day
• Employee Type: Regular