Physician Assistant - In Home & Virtual Chronic Care - $10,000 Sign-on Bonus

Accompany Health is on a mission to give low-income patients with complex needs the dignified, high-quality care they deserve but rarely receive. A primary, behavioral, and social care provider, Accompany Health walks alongside patients for their entire care journey, offering at-home and virtual care, as well as 24/7 support. Partnering with innovative payors, Accompany Health is powered by remarkable care teams, elegant technology, and a commitment to evidence-based practice. 

We build long-term relationships with our patients so they know, without question, that our team is here for them day or night, year after year. We focus on the health outcomes most important to our patients to make it clear that they lead the way.

To achieve our mission, we collaborate with community-based organizations, local providers, and health plans. Led by our empathetic care teams, guided by proven care models, and powered by our own technology, we deliver a level of service that our communities rightfully deserve but rarely receive. 

While our headquarters is in Bethesda, MD, our teams are distributed across the country.  If you’re eager to make a tangible difference in people’s lives, to help correct long-standing disparities in health care, join us.

About the role:

Accompany Health Advanced Practice Clinicians serve a key role in our Integrated Care Teams, which also include Physicians, Community Health Workers, Patient Experience Navigators, RNs, Social Workers, Behavioral Health Clinicians, Psychiatrists, and Pharmacists.  Together this team is responsible for providing and coordinating holistic, patient-centered care for an intimate panel of patients with complex medical, behavioral health, and social needs. 

As an Advanced Practice Clinician in our care model, you will provide longitudinal care and build trusting, therapeutic relationships with their patients.  You will bring care to our patients- seeing patients independently or alongside physicians in the home, community, and virtually.  For your panel of patients, you will ensure comprehensive chronic disease management, excellent preventative care and wellness, and prompt urgent care as needed.  Our smaller panel sizes paired with robust support from a multi-disciplinary team means that you will get to spend more time with their patients and have an even greater impact on their health and well-being. 

Responsibilities will include:

• $10,000 Sign-on Bonus for Qualified Candidates
• Providing exceptional patient-centered and holistic primary care via home or community-based visits as well as virtual visits
• Ensuring holistic and appropriate clinical care plans for patients on your panel through active participation and leadership in multi-disciplinary case conferences
• Collaborating with external providers and community-based organizations to advocate for patient care aligned with their goals
• Performing annual wellness visits and patient assessments to obtain a comprehensive biopsychosocial view of patients’ health with a focus on thoughtful, accurate, and specific documentation and addressing quality gaps in care
• Providing clinical coverage as needed, including performing home-based follow-up and urgent visits when appropriate.
• Participating in rotating call schedule to address patients' urgent clinical needs
• Ensuring timely and appropriate documentation within our electronic medical record as well as our custom-built platforms that support care for our patients
• Participating in interviewing and training fellow advanced practice clinicians

What makes you a fit for the team:

• Passionate about caring for complex, historically underserved patients with co-occurring chronic and behavioral health conditions in an integrated, multi-disciplinary model anchored in home-based and tech-enabled virtual care.
• Committed to providing the highest quality, outstanding clinical care to all patients, regardless of their needs.
• Consistently go the extra mile to ensure that our patients have the best healthcare experience possible.
• Excited to be a part of and contribute to the development of a rapidly evolving, innovative care model.
• Enjoys continuously learning and adapting workflows to improve patient care.
• Excellent communicator able to coach and mentor clinical and non-clinical members of multidisciplinary teams on excellent patient care.

Desired skills and experience:

• Required

• Active Physician Assistant License in the state of Michigan

• NCCPA board certification for Physician Assistants

• Active DEA Controlled Substance Registration or eligible for application.  X-waiver licensure (for buprenorphine prescribing) is a plus but not required

• Active controlled substance license  in state in which you are seeking employment or eligible for application

• Certified in Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

• 3+ years of clinical experience in providing primary care in an internal medicine, family medicine, or geriatric medicine setting

• Proven skills, knowledge base, and judgment necessary for independent clinical assessment and decision-making of acute and non-acute clinical problems

• Comfort and experience in working within an electronic medical record

• Valid unrestricted driver's license and access to an insured vehicle for daily use

• Preferred

• Experience in adult internal medicine, family medicine, geriatrics, addiction medicine, and palliative care

• Experience providing home-based care

• Experience and passion for caring for individuals with complex chronic medical, behavioral and social needs

• Experience  with engaging individuals with untreated and/or symptomatic chronic mental illness and addiction

• Prior experience working as part of a multidisciplinary care team

• Experience in value-based care organizations