Endocrinology - Cedar Springs, MI - PA/NP
Requisition #: req8439
Shift: Days
FTE status: 1
On-call: No
Weekends: No
About Metro Health – University of Michigan Health
Integrated Healthcare System
Metro Health serves more than 250,000 patients annually from across West Michigan – and beyond. In addition to a 208-bed hospital, which provides a comprehensive suite of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, Metro Health has a growing number of neighborhood outpatient centers and offices throughout West Michigan. We also provide a community clinic for the under-served and student health clinics on the campuses of Grand Valley State University and Aquinas College. With more than 500 physicians on staff, Metro Health provides a growing number of specialty health services, including cancer treatment, heart and vascular, neurology, pulmonology and others. Many are members of the Metro Health Medical Group.
Community Features
- University Affiliated Hospital
- Located in beautiful West Michigan
- 15 minutes from Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Approximately 35 minutes from Lake Michigan
- Affordable housing
- Supportive community with good public and private schools
Endocrinology – Cedar Springs, MI – PA/NP
University of Michigan Health-West is seeking a full-time, board eligible/board certified, Endocrinology Advanced Practice Provider (Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner) with service to our Cedar Springs location. This role will include management of diabetes and other endocrine disorders in adult patients. High caliber, quality focused, innovative providers should apply to join our employed team to expand and provide care to local communities.
Candidate will also need to coordinate and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive experience for all patients, families, and staff.
MISSION, VISION, VALUES and CUSTOMER PROMISE
•MISSION: We are relentlessly advancing health to serve West Michigan.
•VISION: Our innovations change care. Our care changes lives.
•VALUES: Our values reflect our heritage and the legacy of all we’ve accomplished in the past and will build in the future. Caring, innovation, inclusion, integrity, teamwork
•CUSTOMER PROMISE: I will bring compassion and excellence to everything that I do.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
•Preferred Experience: Endocrinology experience/ Diabetes Education and management
OPPORTUNITY DETAILS:
•Ability to work closely with a partnering team of specialists encompassing 37+ specialty care and hospital-based service lines
•UMHW uses a team-based approach to health care and APP’s are critical members of the team
•The focus of this position is to provide high-quality care directly to patients primarily outpatient
•Performs comprehensive evaluation and examination
•Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to prescribing diabetes medications, managing insulin pumps, interpreting continuous glucose monitors, providing patient education on glucometer, insulin use
•Orders, conducts, and interprets appropriate diagnostic tests
•Health system employed medical group model, offering a highly market competitive compensation plan
•Full benefit package
•Malpractice coverage
•CME/Paid Time Off
ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH-WEST:
University of Michigan Health-West serves more than 250,000 patients annually from across West Michigan – and beyond. In addition to a 208-bed hospital and Level II Trauma Center, which provides a comprehensive suite of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, University of Michigan Health-West has a growing number of neighborhood outpatient centers and offices throughout West Michigan. The University of Michigan Health Partners group aims to provide an innovative culture of inclusion and diversity in the work setting; along with a progressive work-life integration focus to achieve the best possible patient outcomes. Medical education is a key cornerstone to our continued innovation at UMHW, offering seven different residency programs and one fellowship program to over 80 learners. With more than 500 physicians on staff, University of Michigan Health-West provides a strategic roadmap of growth in all areas of the integrated healthcare system. Specifically, continued growth in our Heart and Vascular care, Neurosciences, Cancer Care and Orthopedics; partnered with continued growth of a very strong primary care team has allowed UMHW to become the premier healthcare institution in the region and a regional referral center for care. Ranked as one of the “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” in West Michigan and the nation, a modern medical group governance structure allows UMHW to best drive quality and clinical outcomes, experience and innovation, technology, finance, operations, and compensation. UMHP/UMH-West is proud to serve a diverse patient population; with that, the ideal candidate for this position would have experience working with culturally diverse patients and be fluent in any of the following languages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Nepali and Bosnian.
COMMUNITY FEATURES:
•University of Michigan affiliated hospital system
•Located in beautiful West Michigan15 minutes from Gerald R. Ford International Airport
•Approximately 35 minutes from Lake Michigan
•Safest City in Michigan – Wallet Hub
•Michigan’s second largest city with a population of 1.4 million
•Regional growth of 2.1% outpacing national averages.
•#1 Best places to raise a family in the United States – Rocket Homes
•#3 Best Business Climate – Business Facilities
•#11 Most affordable place to live in the United States – US News and World Report
•#16 Best places to live in the United States – US News and World Report
•#18 Best places to live in the US for quality of life – US News and World Report
•Beer City, USA
•Top 20 U.S. Foodie City
•Within 25 miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline home to many cozy beach towns
•The Gerald R. Ford International Airport is the second largest airport in Michigan and the 86th largest airport nationally, serving more than 2 million passengers annually.
•Increased diversity more than half of the past decade’s population growth can be attributed to diverse groups.
•Grand Rapids is headquarters to many national and multi-national companies including Steelcase, Herman Miller, Haworth, Alticor (formerly Amway), Wolverine Worldwide, Meijer and Zondervan
•Affordable housing in both suburban and rural settings
•Supportive and diverse community with highly ranked public and private schools
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