Advanced Practice Provider

Faulkner University's College of Health Sciences (CHS) is seeking a qualified individual to serve as Advanced Practice Provider (PA or CRNP) for the Eagle Care Mobile Health Network. The selected individual will provide direct patient care through Eagle Care mobile clinics, the Montgomery Support Center, telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and other approved community-based healthcare activities serving rural Alabama. Faulkner University is a Christian university affiliated with the churches of Christ. This is a full-time (40 hours per week) clinical staff position. Work schedules and assignments will vary based on clinical needs and may include campus, mobile community, or partner-site activities. Daytime, evening, weekend, and occasional overnight assignments may be required.

Summary of Duties:

• Provide comprehensive primary, preventative, chronic-disease, and episodic healthcare services within the provider's authorized scope of practice
• Evaluate patients, establish diagnoses, develop treatment plans, prescribe medications and therapies as authorized, and provide appropriate follow-up care
• Manage common acute conditions and chronic diseases affecting rural and medically underserved populations
• Perform health screenings, preventative services, patient education, medication management, and risk-factor modification
• Order, perform, and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies and CLIA-waived point-of-care testing within established clinical protocols
• Identify patients requiring specialty, emergency, rehabilitation, behavioral-health, or other services and coordinate appropriate referrals
• Provide telehealth visits and participate in remote patient monitoring, clinical follow-up, and care-coordination activities
• Collaborate with the Eagle Care Medical Director and other members of the clinical team regarding patient care, clinical protocols, quality, and patient safety
• Collaborate with the RN Case Manager to support referrals, patient navigation, medication access, follow-up care, and continuity of services
• Maintain complete, accurate, and timely documentation within the electronic medical record
• Participate in quality-improvement, population-health, patient-safety, and program-evaluation activities
• Collaborate with University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital residents, CHS faculty, students, and other participating healthcare professionals
• Travel to rural or partner locations as required for Eagle Care activities

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate degree from an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program
• Current, unrestricted Alabama license, or eligibility for Alabama licensure, as a Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
• Current national certification appropriate to applicant's professional discipline
• Minimum of four years of clinical practice experience as a PA or CRNP
• Current BLS certification required; ACLS certification preferred
• Valid driver's license and ability to meet University insurance requirements
• Ability to travel throughout Alabama and work occasional evenings, weekend, or overnight assignments as needed

Required Experience:

• Providing primary care, preventative care, chronic-disease management, acute or episodic care, and medication management
• Care coordination, referrals, patient follow-up and continuity-of-care processes
• Using electronic medical records and contemporary clinical documentation systems
• Telehealth, remote patient monitoring, community-based healthcare, and/or mobile healthcare
• Working with rural, medically underserved, vulnerable, or healthcare-access-limited populations (preferred)

For initial application submit:

• Resume
• Cover letter

Employment is conditional on a satisfactory background check and verification of work authorization through E-Verify. Non-discrimination statement: Faulkner University is a church-affiliated liberal arts institution committed to employing a highly qualified and diverse administration, faculty and staff which reflects the University's religious traditions, values and affiliation, and purpose. Thus, the institution invites individuals affiliated with the churches of Christ to submit applications regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, marital status, or disability. Faulkner University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, marital status, or disability in connection with its educational policies, admissions, financial aid, employment, educational programs, or activities. However, Faulkner University exercises a preference in employment for those qualified applicants who are members of the churches of Christ whose lifestyles are consistent with the mission of the University and with the beliefs and values of the churches of Christ. For more information, please visit our website: www.faulkner.edu