Advanced Practice Provider - Weekends- (Remote) (Telehealth) (Nurse Practitioner)

ChenMed • Memphis, TN

5d • Remote

About The Position

We’re unique. You should be, too. We’re changing lives every day. For both our patients and our team members. Are you innovative and entrepreneurial minded? Is your work ethic and ambition off the charts? Do you inspire others with your kindness and joy? We’re different than most primary care providers. We’re rapidly expanding and we need great people to join our team. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) I, Care Line is responsible for diagnostic patient care primarily through virtual, remote consultation via video conference or telephone. The incumbent in this role serves as the dispositional authority for after-hours and weekend clinical calls on our telehealth CareLine. They are accountable for assessing, diagnosing, treating and precisely documenting patients' physical and psychosocial health status through the collection of health data. The schedule for this position includes weekends and after hours. The schedule for this position is for every weekend as follows: Mondays 1700-0000 Fridays 1630-2100 Saturdays 0700-2100 Sundays 0700-2030

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) and graduate of a school of nursing for Advanced Practice Nursing with certification in area of specialty required; Master's degree in Nursing required.
• A minimum of 3 years' acute/primary care clinical work experience required; with experience in emergency service, urgent care, primary care or value based care highly preferred
• A minimum of 2 years' telehealth work experience preferred
• For Nurse Practitioners: Board certification by AANP or ANCC required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required upon hire.
• Multi state licensure to include FL or VA, and at least 2 licenses in the following states: GA, MI, MO, OH, PA, TN, TX, IL, KY, LA.
• Must hold a compact multistate nursing license and 3 additional licenses in states where company is an active business entity
• Must be willing to travel once a year to GA and twice a year to TN. Travel costs are provided by company.

Responsibilities

• Through virtual video conference or telephone, assesses acute and non-acute clinical problems.
• Performs and documents physical evaluations and patient histories, analyzes trends in patient conditions and develops, documents and implements a patient management plan based on interpretation of findings.
• Aids in the development of a plan of care that may include health education, physician referrals, case management referrals and patient/family counseling.
• Evaluates need for immediate nursing intervention, consultation and/or referral and facilitates the necessary patient care.
• Plans patient care based on knowledge of the patient population and/or protocol.
• Considers the patient's cultural background, level of understanding, personality and support systems to anticipate and identify physiological and/or psychological problems.
• Serves as patient advocate.
• Collects comprehensive and focused data relating to the health needs of patients and families.
• Analyzes data to determine appropriate health maintenance and/or improvement methods.
• Confers with the patient's PCP and other medical providers to report health data and ensure compliance with guidelines.
• Consults with patients and/or family members on health outcomes and works with them to maintain positive health habits and/or improve opportunities.
• Ensures achievement of optimal patient outcomes through use of Telemedicine.
• Collaborates with on-call PCP, as needed, to support expected clinical outcomes.
• Implements the appropriate protocol to attain expected outcomes.
• Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
• Documents assessments, interventions and progress toward outcomes in an easy-to-understand and translate format.
• Works with key contributors to enhance the quality of telehealth practices and systems through the utilization of data demonstrating program effectiveness and success.
• Communicates using a variety of formats, tools and technologies to build professional relationships and deliver care across the continuum.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide services that are safe, effective and financially responsible.
• Provides extraordinary customer service and professionalism to all internal and external customers.
• May also participate in clinical rounds and conferences, risk and quality management programs, clinical and other relevant meetings.
• Adheres to strict departmental goals/objectives, standards of performance, regulatory compliance, quality patient care compliance, policies, and procedures.
• Practices in accordance with a written or electronic practice agreement.
• Participates with the physician in the formulation of telehealth/telemedicine policies, procedures and protocols.
• Initiates/participates in quality improvement activities that result in approved outcomes
• Participates with committee(s) to support growth
• Provides feedback regarding the practice of others to improve patient care
• Coordination of services with other programs
• Performs other duties as assigned and modified at manager’s discretion.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level