APP, GENDER HEALTH - SURGICAL

Division:Eskenazi Medical Group  

Sub-Division: EMG -Employee  

Req ID:  22408 

Schedule: Full Time 

Shift: Varied 

EMG is affiliated with Eskenazi Health and employs physician and advanced practice providers who support the Eskenazi Health system. A multi-specialty provider group, it strives to be a leading primary care provider serving all patients regardless of ability to pay or condition of health while advancing medicine through teaching and research.

Eskenazi Health is one of American's largest safety net health systems with more than 1 million outpatient visits each year. Partnering with the Indiana University School of Medicine, Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana. In addition to the 327-bed hospital located on its downtown Indianapolis campus, Eskenazi Health provides services at 10 federally qualified health care centers and multiple mental health sites and residential facilities located throughout Indianapolis. Eskenazi Health is accredited by The Joint Commission and has been highlighted as one of the nation's 150 best places to work by Becker's Hospital Review for four consecutive years.

Indianapolis offers affordable housing, excellent schools and a wealth of entertainment options, including a variety of amateur and professional sports teams, dynamic museums, live theater productions, symphony and opera concerts, a wide variety of shopping options and restaurants, and numerous outdoor festivals, as well as the famous Indy 500 race each May.

Overview

Eskenazi Medical Group is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner in the Plastic Surgery area that will apply diagnostic reasoning and psychomotor skills in the performance of procedures, evaluates, consults and makes referrals, conducts family assessments and education and completes discharge planning as required.

Responsibilities

This Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner will see patients in the clinic, in the OR and post-operatively. The position will be located in the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital, Indianapolis, IN. 

• Utilize Gender Health staff during clinic hours and respond directly to patient calls regarding medical concerns, and medication refills
• Complete prior authorizations for medications utilized in specialty and primary care services for patients receiving care in Gender Health
• Review labs and diagnostic testing related to primary care and gender affirming hormone therapy
• Evaluate and revise patient plans of care with changing diagnostic results and individual needs.
• Collaborate with Gender Health staff physicians or other providers as necessary
• Notify patients of changes to care plan and diagnostic results
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team (social workers, nurses, interpreters, pharmacists, program coordinator, dietician, speech therapists, attorneys, physicians etc.) to evaluate needs, determine supports and initiate appropriate wraparound services. 
• Precept APRN students by providing clinic education and support during APRN students' clinical rotations in the Gender Health.
• Maintains appropriate certifications and pursues scholarship in evidence-based practices for patient care across the continuum of gender affirming medical care, primary and preventive care 
• Education of Eskenazi staff at all levels regarding cultural sensitivity, where appropriate.

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with a Master of Science degree
-Current Indiana license, Indiana Controlled Substance and Drug Enforcement Registration

Expertise in the practice of nursing validated by five years of current clinical practice including two years in the area of adult/family practice preferred.

Experience working with transgender and non-binary patients is an asset.  Gender Health Program works as an educator, advocate and care provider and is responsible for the care and well-being of transgender and non-binary patients with independent oversight of a large panel of patients. This will involve providing primary care, urgent care and gender affirming care, including but not limited to gender affirming hormone therapy. In addition, provides care to patients to provide Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Non-occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis (APRNEP) . Approximately 20% of time will be dedicated to LGBTQ identified victims of sexual assault/ abuse. This involves advocacy, ensuring appropriate testing and follow-up, connection to wrap around services including counselling.  The setting is a busy multi-disciplinary Gender Health program serving over 1500 patients ages 16 and older

Eskenazi Health has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 list of "150 Great Places to Work In Health Care."  This is the 3rd year in a row now that EH has received this honor.  

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/150-top-places-to-work-in-healthcare-2019.html