About the Role
Frontier Direct Care delivers direct primary care (DPC) to employer-sponsored patient populations. Our providers manage a defined patient panel with an emphasis on continuity, preventive care, and chronic disease management. This role involves serving as the primary clinician to provide support, treatment, and management to patients, focusing on full-scope, hands-on primary care.
Responsibilities
- Provide longitudinal primary care across chronic disease management, preventive care, and acute visits to members.
- Perform in-office procedures including I&Ds, suturing and suture removal, skin biopsies, and men's and women's health exams.
- Conduct visits in person, by phone, and by secure text/video, with typical visit lengths of 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on patient need.
- Diagnose and manage chronic conditions (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) with the panel size and visit time needed to intervene before conditions progress.
- Coordinate daily patient care and task delegation with an assigned Medical Assistant.
- Document all visits and maintain patient records in the EHR.
- Maintain 24/7/365 on-call access for patient communication via a company-provided secure line.
- Work under a collaborating/delegating physician in accordance with Texas Medical Board supervision requirements.
- Participate in weekly team meetings and 1:1s and other clinical meetings as requested or required.
Requirements
- Active, unencumbered Texas licensure as a PA (NCCPA-certified) OR APRN-FNP (national board certified).
- Minimum 2 years of post-graduate experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in family practice or primary care.
- Demonstrated experience managing patients across the lifespan (pediatric through geriatric).
- Hands-on experience performing I&Ds, suturing/suture removal, skin biopsies, IV placement, and men's/women's health exams.
- Active, unrestricted DEA registration, or ability to obtain prior to start.
- Current BLS certification, or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.
- Proficiency with electronic medical records and scheduling software.
Skills
- Direct primary care
- Concierge medicine
- Employer-sponsored clinic model
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
- Owning or managing a patient panel with full clinical autonomy
- Multistate licensure
- Telehealth experience
- Lower-volume, higher-touch practice model
- High-throughput fee-for-service
Location
- Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hands-on
Experience Level
- Minimum 2 years of post-graduate experience
Education Level
- NCCPA-certified
- National board certified
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Frontier Membership for you and your immediate family
- Voluntary insurance: short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and other supplemental insurances.
- 401(k) plan
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
- Up to 5 unplanned days off per year
- 9 company holidays per year
- Parental leave policies
- $1500 per year towards professional development
About the Company
- At Frontier Direct, we're transforming healthcare.
- Our patients get access to the care they need quickly and efficiently while experiencing improved health outcomes for the first time in their life.
- We build experiences people love by incorporating empathy, care and trust.
- We challenge the status quo to restore the patient-provider relationship, starting with a team that deeply cares about healthcare and each other.
Equal Opportunity
- At Frontier Direct, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
