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The SNFist Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) practices with a collaborative and comprehensive health care team who follows patients from a single payor system. The SNFist follows patients at two Skilled Nursing Facilities in the Corpus Christi area. This is post-acute care where patients are transitioning out of the hospital and are usually discharged from the SNFs within a few weeks. Generally, the SNFist will see 16 patients a day and writing notes on each patient two times a week. The schedule is Monday through Friday with some flexibility and the hospitalist team covers weekends. The SNFist’s performance will be tracked and comparatively reported using metrics related to the strategic direction and operational needs of the organization.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• The SNFist is expected to be able to provide care consistent with their licensure and/or certification. 
• Provides diagnosis, treatment and management of SNF patients according to current standards of care and accepted medical practice. 
• Utilizes managed care processes for cost effective use of contracted specialists, lab, radiology and extended service providers. 
• Completes medical documentation according to acceptable SNF and company standards 
• Communicates and coordinates with the primary care providers to ensure prompt post SNF follow-up care. 
• Conducts effective and timely communication to patients and/or families regarding treatment plans, diagnoses, prognosis and discharge planning. 
• Adheres to SNF core measure requirements. 
• Participates in business and patient care meetings, if needed. Attends medical group educational activities. 
• Shares call with the team to provide on-call coverage 24 hours a day, Monday - Friday, offsite by telephone, responding within time frames established by Hospitalist Team Director. Call is distributed equitably among team members and is not determined by seniority and/or longevity. 
• Works side by side with Case Management to ensure smooth and prompt patient post SNF follow-up. 
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.