Nurse Practitioner Per Diem - Senior Community Care

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform comprehensive assessments and document findings in a concise/comprehensive manner that is compliant with documentation requirements and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations.
• Responsible for ensuring that all diagnoses are ICD10, coded accurately, and documented appropriately to support the diagnosis at that visit.
• The APC is responsible for ensuring that all quality elements are addressed and documented.
• The APC will do an initial medication review.
• Must attend and complete all mandatory educational and computer/virtual training requirements.
• Travel between care sites mandatory.
• Care Coordination
  • Communicate with the patient and necessary team members regarding any medical concerns at the time of your visit.
• Program Enhancement Expected Behaviors
  • Exhibit original thinking and creativity in the development of new and improved methods and approaches to concerns/issues.
  • Function independently and responsibly with minimal need for supervision.
  • Ability to enter available hours into web-based application, at least one month prior to available work time.
  • Demonstrate initiative in achieving individual, team, and organizational goals and objectives.
  • Participate in SCC quality initiatives.
  • Availability to check Optum email intermittently for required trainings, communications, and monthly scheduling.

Required Qualifications:

• For NPs - Certified Nurse Practitioner through a national board

• Graduate of an accredited master’s degree in Nursing (MSN) program and board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (AG AC NP), Adult/Family or Gerontology Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), with preferred certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP

• For PAs - Certified through a national board: Graduate of an accredited degree program and currently board certified by the National Commission on Certification of (NCCPA)
• Active and unrestricted license in the state which you reside
• Current active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire, per state regulations (unless prohibited in state of practice)
• Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area
• Ability to lift a 30-pound bag in and out of car and to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations
• Availability to work 24 hours per month, with expectations that 16 of the 24 hours/month could be during off-hours (after 5 pm, on weekends, and/or holidays) not to exceed 960 hours in a calendar year
• Ability to gain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable in your state

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of hands-on post grad experience within Long Term Care
• Understanding of Geriatrics and Chronic Illness
• Understanding of Advanced Illness and end of life discussions
• Proficient computer skills including the ability to document medical information with written and electronic medical records
• Ability to develop and maintain positive customer relationships
• Adaptability to change