Physician Assistant Specialty

Description

Join our caring community at Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney, Nebraska! We are currently pursuing a highly skilled and compassionate full-time Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our Cardiology team and UCHealth.

At SRMC, our patients are our number one priority. We aim to provide extraordinary care every single day by ensuring that our patients’ well-being comes first. But amazing patient care starts with YOU. Your knowledge and quality care will make all the difference! This position is employed by UCHealth and works onsite at the Cardiology Clinic at Sidney Regional Medical Center. UCHealth is an innovative, nonprofit health system that delivers the highest quality medical care with an excellent patient experience. UCHealth includes 33,000 employees, 14 acute-care hospitals, and hundreds of physicians across Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. With University of Colorado Hospital on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus as its academic anchor and the only adult academic medical center in the region, UCHealth provides unmatched patient care in the Rocky Mountain West. Offering more than 150 clinic locations, UCHealth provides extensive community benefits and pushes the boundaries of medicine through advanced treatments and clinical trials, improving health through innovation.

Why SRMC:

· Panhandle Hospitality: Bring your warmth and kindness to our patients with a smile.

· Close-Knit Team: Small community, big heart – where every team member makes a difference.

· Meaningful Impact: Your dedication transforms lives and creates a supportive, caring environment.

Exceptional Benefits

This position offers a competitive compensation package: · The pay range for this full-time position is $115,000 - $150,765 annually. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

· Annual Quality Value Incentive Plan (QVIP) for up to $10,000.

· Relocation bonus of up to $10,000, if eligible.

· Paid malpractice.

· Continuing medical education (CME) of up to $3,500 and up to 5 days annually.

· 403(b) with employer matching contribution; 457(b) voluntary option if eligible.

· Exceptional health and welfare benefits including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability coverage including coverage for eligible dependents.

· UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program.

· UCHealth provides employer-paid short-term disability (STD) coverage as a supplement to Colorado FAMLI, offering up to 66.67% of your base pay.

· We also offer employer-provided long-term disability (LTD) coverage, which equals 50% of your base pay, up to $17,500 per month. Additionally, you have the option to buy up LTD coverage to 60% or 66.7%.

· Wellness benefits.

· Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs.

· Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (including Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank.

· Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% tuition, books, and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year.

Requirements

Requirements for Physician Assistants

· Master’s degree in physician assistant studies · 2-3 Years of cardiovascular service line experience

· Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the States of Colorado and Nebraska.

· Physician Assistant Certification (PA-C) issued by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment.

· Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permits to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed during practice.

· Eligible to provide services, reimbursable services, and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.

· Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration’s (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs.

· Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges.

· Prescriptive authority as appropriate, per medical staff service privileging process. · Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

Requirements for Nurse Practitioners

· Full or provisional prescriptive authority eligibility is required. Provider must apply for prescriptive authority as a condition of employment.

· Master's degree in Nursing and graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program · 2-3 Years of cardiovascular service line experience

· Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment.

· Unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license issued by the State Board of Nursing in the state of practice or compact privileges under the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact agreement.

· Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges

· Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permits to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of practice.

· Eligible to provide services, reimbursable services, and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.

· Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration’s (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs. · Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross