Role Description
The Nurse Practitioner delivers annual risk assessment in a residential setting or telehealth, within the scope of practice for a Nurse Practitioner, as delegated by the Collaborative Physician.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Conduct comprehensive in-home health risk assessments to identify all active and chronic disease conditions, as well as determine all physical, mental, and social needs present at the time of the visit.
• Takes history, examines, determines diagnoses.
• Provides written documentation of patient visit, per NCQA standards.
• Takes patient vital signs, as necessary.
• Places case management referrals and communicates with PCP as necessary.
• Communicates with patients, caregivers, agency nurses, other providers and vendors as necessary to assure proper diagnosis.
• Performs all clinical duties while observing OSHA Universal Precautions.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Attends required meetings and in-services and participates in committees, as requested.
• Participates in professional development activities and maintains professional licenses and affiliations.
In this role you may work with:
• Teammates
• Physicians
• Medical Staff
• Patients
• Caregivers
• Agency Nurses
• Providers
• Vendors
Qualifications
• Active/unrestricted nurse practitioner license to practice in coverage states.
• Board certification in one of the following: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Active BLS Certification.
• Current enrollment in Medicare/Medicaid.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record.
• Outstanding EHR skills.
Requirements
• Geriatric training/experience.
• Skill in teamwork and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public.
Conditions of this role to be aware of
• Adaptability to differing weather conditions and patients’ home/residential environments.
• Full range of body motion including handling/lifting patients. Manual and finger dexterity, eye-hand coordination, normal visual acuity, normal hearing, standing, bending, walking and stair climbing.
• Regular lifting/carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to ride in automobile or van up to 150 miles daily in urban and/or rural settings. Ability to drive, if necessary.
Pay Transparency
Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related considerations.