Advanced Practice Nurse PRN - Home Visits
About The Position
The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides in-home post-discharge management for adults at risk for readmission through Transitional Care Management. Home visits give high-risk patients access to proactive, comprehensive, compassionate, and collaborative care intended to improve health and well-being while helping them remain at home. The service area includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties. APPs practice within applicable state scope-of-practice requirements, clinical privileges, professional standards, and state and federal laws. As licensed independent providers, they practice autonomously and/or in consultation with a collaborating or supervising physician and other health care professionals to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage patient health needs. During home visits, the APP takes patient histories and performs physical examinations, develops working differential diagnoses and individualized plans of care, and may order, perform, supervise, and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests. Services may include prescribing medications and non-pharmacologic therapies, providing therapeutic measures, and educating and counseling patients, families, and groups. For uncommon or unstable conditions, the APP consults with a collaborating or supervising physician and may refer the patient to a specialist or participate in shared management and treatment. The role also includes health promotion, disease prevention, research, professional education, interdisciplinary consultation, and patient advocacy. The APP maintains appropriate prescribing documentation and follows current prescribing guidelines and applicable laws. The position requires ongoing professional accountability, national certification, periodic peer review, clinical outcome evaluation, ethical practice, continuing professional development, and maintenance of clinical skills. The APP is expected to stay current with medical trends and provide evidence-based care through required continuing education.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working with adult and geriatric populations as an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant).
- Master’s degree as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
- American Heart Association BLS certification.
- NJ-APN and NJ-RN license, or NJ PA license, as applicable.
- Valid state driver’s license with a clean DMV record.
- Copy of recent vehicle insurance required.
- Current knowledge and understanding of Primary Care, Chronic Care Management, and Best Practices.
Nice To Haves
- Home-based Primary Care experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide in-home post-discharge management to adults at risk for readmission through Transitional Care Management.
- Take patient histories and perform physical examinations during home visits.
- Determine working differential diagnoses and develop individualized plans of care.
- Order, perform, supervise, and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests as appropriate.
- Prescribe pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic therapies when clinically indicated and in accordance with applicable guidelines and laws.
- Provide therapeutic measures, teaching, education, and counseling to individuals, families, and groups.
- Consult with a collaborating or supervising physician regarding uncommon or unstable conditions; refer to specialists or participate in shared management and treatment as appropriate.
- Diagnose and manage acute and chronic illnesses while emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention.
- Serve as a health care researcher, professional educator, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.
- Document medications prescribed and refills authorized in the patient chart.
- Maintain certification, clinical skills, ethical practice, and continuing professional development; complete required continuing education and provide evidence-based care.
