Nurse Practitioner
Company: PopHealthCare
Location: Port Saint Lucie
Posted on: July 30, 2022
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Job Description:
Job Details
Job Location
Port St. Lucie, FL - Port St. Lucie, FL
Position Type
1 - Full-Time (30+hrs)
Education Level
Not Specified
Salary Range
$108.00 - $113.00
Job Shift
Any
Job Category
Health Care
Description
The CareSight Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing
health care to patients enrolled in the CareSight Program in their
home. The Provider leads a care team that consists of Registered
Nurses and Community Health Workers (CHW) and works closely with
the patients primary care physician. The coverage arear primarily
for this position will be as follows: Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian
River County
Position Essential Functions :
Delivers cost-effective, high-quality care to assigned CareSight
patients
Completes comprehensive history and physical examination on all
enrolled patients in an in-home visit
Collaborates with RNs, CHWs and patient to determine patients risk
of adverse health outcomes
Adjusts the patients risk level as appropriate based on
assessments
Completes proactive, in-home visits on all intensive level patients
at least monthly
Completes proactive, in-home visits on all core level patients
quarterly
Completes unplanned, urgent, and/or emergent in-home or telehealth
visits as needed to meet patient needs
Adjusts visit frequency and schedule based upon patient needs
Responds to calls from the patient, caregiver, CareSight RNs,
etc.
Addresses Advance Care Planning proactively; identifies surrogate
decision maker (MPOA, Health Proxy, etc)
Manages patients medical care as appropriate including: Orders and
monitors of diagnostics including laboratory studies, radiological
studies, etc.
Refers to appropriate specialists or community services, i.e. Home
Health, DME, community resources
Addresses recommended preventive and quality measures; acts to
close potential care gaps
Monitors chronic conditions to minimize exacerbations or treat (in
place if clinically appropriate)
Identifies, assesses, diagnoses, treats acute changes of condition
(in place if clinically appropriate)
Manages medication therapy effectively: Reviews and reconciles
medications each visit
Avoids high-risk medications
Prescribes medication, adjusts dosages, discontinues medications as
appropriate in collaboration with PCP
Simplifies medication regimen for improved adherence
Administers selected medications in the home (if clinically safe to
do so)
Collaborates with RNs and CHWs in the development of an integrated
care plan that identifies key patient problems, goals of care,
barriers to meeting goals, interventions, activation level, and
patient self-management activities
Communicates effectively with entire care team including the
patients community primary care provider
Provides effective patient education using the Teach Back
technique
Documents all patient encounters (in-home, telehealth, and
telephonic) per documentation standards
Participates in clinical case conferences as required
Participates in on-call coverage for patient care
Travel required
Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
Qualifications
Current, unrestricted NP license in state of practice
Current BLS certification
Previous experience performing in-home assessments preferred
National board certification in adult, family or geriatric
specialties
Must have valid state driver license and automobile insurance
PopHealthCare is an equal opportunity/equal access employer fully
committed to achieving a diverse workforce .
Keywords: PopHealthCare, Port St. Lucie , Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare , Port Saint Lucie, Florida
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