Permanent Full-Time Position
Primary Care at

Escalera Health

Tuscon, AZ

Hiring Organization : Escalera Health

$162 per hour
  • 6 hour
    coverage

  • Day
    coverages

  • 22-28
    patients

  • Apr 2024 -
    Ongoing

About This Job

Escalera Health is an integrated health and wellness agency providing psychiatry, primary care, pharmacy, therapy services, and coordination to enhance client outcomes, improved overall health and wellness, and provide supreme healthcare services. Escalera believes in the importance of team culture, teamwork, and a positive work environment, promoting employee retention, collaboration, empowerment, and career advancement. We listen to our payor; we are innovative, respectful in every interaction, and provide the payor what they value. We aim to raise the bar and lead the healthcare industry through quality treatment and evidence-based practices. Escalera operates off transparency—we succeed together.

Counsels and educates patients and families about acute and chronic conditions or concerns. Documents items such as: chief complaint, past medical, family, and social history, review of systems, examinations, medications, allergies, assessment and plan. Formulates diagnostic and treatment plans. Prescribes and administers medications, therapies, and procedures. Orders lab and imaging tests to determine and manage an immediate treatment plan and provides advice on follow up. Completes integrated healthcare referrals internally and externally as requested and as medically necessary. Responsible for the coordination of care with specialists and appropriate ancillary services Completes all documentation and paperwork in a timely manner in the electronic healthcare record. Maintains quality of care standards as defined by the practice.

Seeking board certified candidates, with active DEA and state license. Orientation is required and will be paid.

Workload
  • No procedures
  • NP/PA support
Facility Specific Job Details
  • EMR: AdvancedMD
  • 8 hours of paid orientation
Travel Expenses (Locum Only)
Requirements
  • Board eligible or board certified
  • Arizona license
Job Locations
  • Escalera Health


Facility Description

We are a private, fully integrated clinic for adults. We are licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services as an Integrated Clinic - bringing the best of primary care and behavioral health to you.

Why "Escalera"?
Escalera means “ladder” in Spanish — it symbolizes the ability we have to help our members move to a better, safer place. It is our mission to serve our patients and payors with the highest quality, most cost effective, most innovative Integrated Care system on the planet; increasing patient engagement and improving long-term outcomes.

What is "Integrated Healthcare"?:
It is the seamless blending of two or more modalities of care into one. Our solution is to systematically coordinate substance use, mental health, and primary care services to produce the most effective treatments and outcomes. We use one electronic medical record and have regular face-to-face interdisciplinary staff meeting to discuss patient care, outcomes, and safety.

What does "physician-led" mean?:
An outcome-oriented organization created by physicians aimed at serving our community and its members first and foremost. Our solid financial foundation allows us to put our clients first over the bottom line.

Who will we serve?
We will serve Medicaid members as well as patients with commercial insurance or Medicare, those who pay for their own care, and employers who are self-funded.

Facility Information