Lone Star Circle of Care is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) dedicated to providing high-quality health care to patients in Central Texas. We provide a healthcare home for the underserved and proudly provide the opportunity for our team members to make a difference in our community every day. If you're interested in helping build a healthier community and improving the lives of others, we invite you to join our team and become part of our dynamic organization.

Benefits of working with Lone Star Circle of Care:

• Comprehensive compensation package that includes competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 403(b).
• All employees start with 15 days of vacation per year, which increases in increments with tenure. We also provide 3 days of personal leave, 6 days of sick leave, and 7 days of holiday leave per year.
• Annual stipend and 5 paid days off for continuing education.
• Reimbursement of provider's professional licensing fee and annual membership dues to their professional organization, once an established provider with LSCC.
• Eligible for student loan repayment through external federal and state loan repayment programs.

Daily Duties:

• Provides examines, diagnoses and treats patients of eighteen (18) years of age and older.
• Acts as a consultant on all adult cases referred by other staff providers of
• Completes medical charts after each visit in the electronic medical records
• Provides quality medical care according to standards established by
• Participates in providing continuity of care including hospital in-patient
• All other duties or responsibilities as assigned by Medical Director

Coaching/Training:

• May provide in-service trainings for staff in selected topics in Internal Medicine as deemed necessary by the Medical Director.
• Assures a high quality educational experience for medical students, residents and other individuals in a training role.

Operations:

• Assists and participates in internal quality control
• Provides supervision to advanced practice nurses in accordance with the LSCC Delegation Protocol/Collaborative Practice
• Supervises medical assistants and lab personnel in area of specific support services for patient care
• Attends internal and external meetings, workshops and conferences, and participates on task forces or committees, when necessary and as required.
• Actively monitor Internal Medicine service productivity
• Fulfills established guidelines set in place for provider encounter levels

Compliance:

• Applies for and obtains staff privileges at community hospitals in the area as recommended/required
• Performs all duties and services in full compliance with LSCC’s Quality Standards Type in specific job duties under this area
• Achieves and maintains LSCC Core Clinical Competencies

You are a board-certified APRN who is passionate about working with the underserved population who may be experiencing significant barriers to care. You are comfortable providing care both in person and virtually, and you want to grow a practice where you and your patients work together to decide the best course of treatment in achieving their goals in an outpatient setting.

• Mission focused and passionate about improving access to quality healthcare.
• Proactive and thrives in a fast-paced clinical setting.
• Comfortable working independently in a group setting while also seeking support and consultation from colleagues.
• Ability to interact and collaborate with community partners and emergency medical/psychiatric service providers to ensure patient safety if a patient needs a higher level of care.
• Possess computer/technology skills to efficiently document within an electronic health record and conduct tele-medicine visits, as well as communicating/meeting with colleagues virtually.
• Bilingual English/Spanish language skills preferred

All LSCC employees function as a member of a collaborative health care team to create and maintain a Patient Centered Medical Home where emphasis is on excellent communication, support of the patient in self-management and care is provided and tracked in a culturally competent, behaviorally enhanced setting supported by information technology.