Unity Care NW Family NP - Bellingham​/Ferndale

Area Bellingham

The Area Bellingham has a population of 95,000. It is 1 hour and 15 minutes south of Vancouver, Canada and 1 hour and 30 minutes north of Seattle.

The Group Unity Care NW provides affordable primary medical, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services for children and adults. With a focus on prevention, our integrated care team provides comprehensive coordination of your health care needs. All of our medical and psych providers are board-certified and provide high-quality health care in a respectful, coordinated, and caring manner for the whole person, the whole family, and the whole community.

Ideal candidate:

• Has completed multiple locum NP assignments
• Already has WA State license
• Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or similar experience working with diverse & underserved populations including unhoused populations
• Able to ramp up quickly
• Able to meet productivity expectations (described below)
• Can meet the core privileging requirements per the attached privileging form
• Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) experienced preferred
• HIV experience preferred

Name, address & description of sites – assignment may be at any of these sites which are within 10 miles of each other:

• Main clinic at 220 Unity Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 – Outpatient Primary Care Clinic seeing all ages/no OB
• North Whatcom Health Center at 6060 Portal Way, Ferndale, WA 98248 (only 10 miles from main clinic) – Outpatient Primary Care Clinic seeing all ages/no OB
• The Way Station at 1500 North State Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 – Outpatient Same Day Care with Unhoused Individuals for Ages 16 & up

Reason for locum coverage:

• Offset the impact of provider vacancies and FTE reductions
• To cover patient panels and/or provide same day care at a primary care clinic and/or a same-day clinic treating unhoused patients

Recruitment steps:

• Phone interview with Provider Recruiter
• Zoom panel interview with Medical Leadership
• Review references the agency checked if provider is new to agency &/or summaries of agency's feedback from provider's previous assignments

Assignment Dates:

• Start date ASAP but no sooner than 4 weeks from confirmation date to allow for privileging
• Contingent upon credentialing & approval of privileges
• Timely return of credentialing paperwork is essential
• 6 months preferred
• Open to extending (preferred)
• Open to permanent placement optional

Schedule:

• May work four 10-hour days or five 8-hour days – flexibility preferred
• If working 10-hour days, the day off may be any day of the week, not just a Fri or Mon
• Schedule may change mid assignment
• Full time is 36 patient contact hours & 4 admin hours
• Admin includes inbox management, phone calls, review of lab results, completion of charting

No Overtime:

• UCNW will not pay overtime to locum providers unless it is pre-approved

Productivity expectations:

• Weeks 1 & 2 spent in orientation before seeing patients
• Week 3 begin patient care with ramp-up schedule
• Week 4 continue patient care with full schedule seeing 90 patients per week

Hospital privileges:

• No hospital work

Call:

• No call

EMR/Charting:

• Epic
• Dragon available for charting
• Charting must be completed within 48 hours of patient visit

Certifications:

• Board Certified in FM
• Able to see ALL ages including newborns

Staffing:

• Mix of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants
• Most have a panel of patients except a few who provide same day care & inbox coverage
• MAs
• Care Coordinator MAs
• RNs for Triage, Care Management & Clinic Nursing
• BH Consultants through Primary Care BH model
• Friendly & collaborative team environment

Resources:

• Up To Date
• MAVEN Project to connect with specialists
• EMR & IT support
• Patient resources include integrated behavioral health, psychiatry, SUD treatment, child & family counseling, adult & pediatric dental services, an on-site pharmacy, a communicable disease program, case managers, community health workers, referrals specialists, insurance enrollment, medical records & more

Vaccine Requirements:

• Annual flu vaccines REQUIRED
• Request for medical or religious exemption must be submitted immediately upon presentation and is subject to approval

Housing:

• Prefer locum agency arrange housing & invoice us for…