PA/NP - Medical Bariatrics - Grand Rapids, MI
Beaumont Health
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Medical weight loss and pre-op evaluations / clearance
- Assist Bariatrician with back on track patients and optimizing patients who need to lose weight prior to surgery
- High volume clinic with patients with various behavioral health needs
- Grand Rapids based with travel to Grand Haven, Zeeland
- Outpatient role, no call, no weekends
- Functions in the role of advanced practitioner to coordinate comprehensive care delivery. Writes orders/prescriptions for standard formulary medications, laboratory, radiographic studies and consultations, coordinating the scheduling of admissions, diagnostic evaluations, follow-up exams, laboratory tests, referrals to home care, social services, and other community agencies, etc., in order to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services.
- Obtains histories and performs physical exams.
- Assesses the patients/significant other, health care team, school and other community educational needs and develops, implements, evaluates and revises teaching strategies/educational programs related to area of specialty.
- Acts as a patient advocate, crossing multidisciplinary lines to meet patient needs.
- Communicates, collaborates, networks with and acts as a consultant to other members of the health care team within and outside Spectrum Health. Acts as a consult in area of expertise.
- Performs and assists with designated procedures.
- Documents in the medical record and dictates information as appropriate.
- Provides input into the strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of service/program. Measures the outcomes of care and evaluate services across the continuum of inpatient to outpatient services. Makes recommendations to improve the quality of patient care provided and utilizes the scientific method of research clinical problems.
- Pallet to Waist (6" from floor)
- Standing: Frequently
- Walking: Frequently
- Forward Bend - Standing: Occasionally
- Forward Bend - Sitting: Occasionally
- Trunk Rotation - Standing: Occasionally
- Trunk Rotation - Sitting: Occasionally
- Squat: Seldom
- Stair Climbing: Seldom
- Crawling / Kneeling: Seldom
- Reach - Above Shoulder: Occasionally
- Reach - at Shoulder or Below: Occasionally
- Handling: Occasionally
- Forceful Grip
- Visual Acuity ¹