Clinical Component

Elevating Healthcare Services for Providers and Patients

Norman Regional is a premier health system located in Norman Oklahoma that recently built a new state of the art 290 bed Level III Hospital. With the recent surge in population in the area and the new hospital, Norman Regional is experiencing an increased need for healthcare services. With that in mind, they have built several new primary care and urgent care clinics. The clinics are equipped with the latest technology and have great specialty support staff. Please consider the following:

Each clinic practice will offer the following: 

  • Schedule – Flexible schedule with a 4.5-day workweek (36 patient facing hours per week) and half day of admin to be done from home. Option for a 4-day workweek, 9-hour days. Newborn rounds 6-9 days per month, Often the half day doesn’t require any work as long as things are caught up.   
  • Call: After hours and weekend clinic call 1:4 clinic call. Calls are triaged by RN call service. 
    1:12 going to 1:14 Inpatient. Not super busy. 2-3 call days per month on average. Healtthy babies Day call only, no overnight. 
  • Procedures - circumcisions
  • Locations: Moore
  • Enjoy working for a system that takes a patient first approach and cares deeply for the providers work/life balance. Here are a few comments made by current physicians that I spoke with during my visit to Norman
    “I love the flexibility of leadership and their willingness to listen to my concerns and ideas.”
    “After joining Norman Regional, I expected leadership to fade into the background like my previous employer, never to be heard from. However, that wasn’t the case here. My primary care director visits me at least once every couple of weeks just to make sure I have everything I need. And if I do have needs, he’s quick to act and make my work experience the best it can be.”
    “As a provider, I value quality patient care and making sure the patient feels they are being heard. I voice this regularly and the leadership team listens and delivers tools that help me to provide that quality care and provide my patients with the best possible experience during their visit.”
    Norman Regional is a firm believer in continuous improvement, always looking for ways to improve quality care and to do it in the most efficient way possible.  
  • Each provider is assigned their own support staff person, LPN or MA. They’ll assist with rooming patients and performing the initial workup of the patient. For those overachieving providers seeing a higher-than-normal volume of patients, there will be an option to add an additional LPN or MA.   
  • To provide a better patient experience, Norman Regional is currently piloting a virtual scribe to assist with documentation. This will allow providers to have more face-to-face contact with the patient rather than staring at the computer taking notes. This will soon be offered to all providers that would like to participate in this option. 
  • Providers can expect to see an average of 20 patients per day once they have fully ramped up. They do have some overachievers seeing upwards of 25-30 patents per day, but this is not expected or required. 
  • Providers are asked to participate in weekend calls 1-2 times per year for the clinic, but these calls are triaged to minimize the number nuisance calls that you will receive. As an example, one of the providers I spoke with said “in the last 12 months, I have received 1-2 calls”. This is outpatient call only, no inpatient call or impatient responsibilities are required for this position, they have a full-time hospitalist team that handles all the impatient responsibilities.   
  • All providers will have 3-4 exam rooms per provider and each room is equipped with a desktop computer to be used for documentation. They also offer an iPad or laptop option as well. 
  • The clinic will have a fully equipped procedure room to assist with performing basic office-based procedures as needed.  
  • Some of the clinics will have onsite x-ray and labs or easy access to those services close by.  

Interview Process

  • The provider’s name and basic details will be submitted to Van and Tarasina for a name clear to ensure the system isn’t currently working with them. 
  • Once the name clears, a profile and cv will be submitted to Van and Tarasina for consideration.
  • If Van and Tarasina would like to proceed, Allen will assist with scheduling a conference call for a phone introduction/interview. Allen will schedule this via outlook and send to all parties involved a conference line & pin, candidate CV and profile. 
  • If the call goes well, we will move forward with an onsite interview. Allen will obtain the candidates availability and provide possible onsite interview dates. Tarasina will forward an onsite itinerary to Allen.  
  • Once the interview is completed and we have decided to make an offer, Van will send the offer to Allen within 48 hours of the interview’s completion for his review. Allen will assist with reviewing the offer letter with the candidate and send it to the candidate via DocuSign for signature.   
  • Once the offer letter is signed, Van will send a formal employment agreement to Allen within a week for his review. Allen will assist with reviewing the employment agreement with the candidate and send to the candidate via DocuSign for signature and forward to Van for counter signature.  

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