Nurse Practitioner Home Health
Only QUALIFIED Healthcare Professionals accepted) Family-NP - Nurse Practitioner Home Health
Opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner to join a practice providing home based care to patients.
Full-time position
In this role, the Nurse Practitioner will:Perform home visits with patients enrolled in Chronic Care Management Advanced Care program (ACP) and Chronic Care Management program (CCM).
Initial visits are comprehensive evaluations with subsequent visits targeting risk factors for disease exacerbations and hospitalizations.
Work closely with other team members to ensure quality care is delivered.
Coordinate with patients other providers including specialists and health plan case managers to ensure all are working together with the patients towards the same goals.
Work closely with members of our care team to ensure quality care is delivered in a timely manner. The care center will assist with scheduling and triaging of urgent issues.
Share after hour telephone on-call coverage with other licensed providers on the team.
Work with field and office RN case managers and medical assistants
Clinical documentation of acute and chronic healthcare issues, symptoms, and goals of care through patient encounter in EMR system
Documentation must be appropriate and thorough, and completed in a timely manner
Provider will ensure all appropriate consent forms are signed and dated
Provider will have frequent interaction with patients, coders, schedulers, and supervising physician
The provider will educate patients and|or patients family on chronic medical conditions, preventative care, and medication adherence compliance
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Graduated from an Advanced Nurse Practitioner program in Adult, Geriatric, or Family Nurse Practitioner.
Prior clinical experience in palliative care, end of life, hospice, oncology, ICU, geriatrics is preferred.Prior home based care experience is preferred
Prior clinical experience in geriatric, adult or family medicine is preferred
Experience with electronic medical records is required. Also required is proficiency with various computer based applications such as Microsoft Office.
Strong background|interest in primary care and preventative medicine
Must have valid state drivers license
These are field-based openings in South Philadelphia PA. Must reside local enough to support the territory.
Certifications|Licenses: NP candidates must be board certified by the ANCC or AANP, and have current RN and NP licensure in state of practice
Specialty certification in Hospice and Palliative care desired (CHPN or ACHPN)Must have current BLS certification; ACLS preferred.
Must have active|unrestricted license in state of position opening
New graduates will be considered
Must be able to be credentialed by Medicare, Medicaid, and other Private Insurance Companies
Possession of DEA registration or ability to obtain is required
Competitive compensation and benefits package