Charlotte County House Calls APP

Millennium Physician Group • New York, NY

6d

About The Position

Charlotte County House Calls APRN: The House Calls Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is responsible, as part of the patient care team, for the overall patient care management process. An advocate for the patient, the APP will provide total care for the patients assigned in collaboration with the physician of record and patient care team. The APP will communicate and manage the patients' care across all care providers, family, and caregivers. The APP will ensure that timely, patient-centered, appropriate evidence-based medicine is provided and will address outstanding Quality Measures and HCCs as applicable to meet or exceed all quality goals. The APP will complete all documentation and billing in a timely manner, per protocol. Responsible for other duties as assigned. ‎ How will you make an impact & Requirements ‎ Charlotte County House Calls Full-time Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Is responsible for the total care of all assigned patients in collaboration with the House Calls Medical Director. Is responsible for patient assessments and care planning, risk management plan development, addressing quality measures and HCCs, and providing both maintenance care and acute interventions within their scope of practice. Provides services to meet patient needs and prevent unnecessary Emergency Department utilization when appropriate. In home services include but are not limited to: IV hydration/antibiotic therapy, lab draws, nebulizer treatments, wound care, and injections, and utilization of mobile diagnostics as indicated. Participates in the on-call rotation providing after hours telephonic support to patients (approximately 6-10 shifts/year) Ensures all pertinent and active medical conditions are documented in the electronic medical record in a timely manner, consistent with MPG policy, and in a compliant manner with CMS and other insurance carriers. Exhibits strong clinical skills to improve patient care for an aging, adult population; as well as excellent interpersonal relationship skills in interpreting and communicating health care information to the patient and family. Accountable for identifying patients needing additional assistance and making referrals to home health, social services, behavioral health, skilled nursing and other available community resources, when needed and appropriate. Supervisory Responsibilities - This job has no direct supervisory responsibilities. Provider may indirectly oversee assigned Patient Care Specialist. Competencies - To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: Analysis/Problem Assessment - Securing relevant information and identifying key issues and relationships from a base of information; relating and comparing data from different sources; identifying cause-effect relationships. Compassion - The responsibility to put a patient's or person's interests first, including the duty not to harm, deliver proper care, and maintain confidentiality. Compliance - Employee has satisfactory completed employers required compliance training. Employee is able to demonstrate an understanding of employers Code of Conduct. Communication - Expressing ideas effectively in individual and group situations (including nonverbal communication); adjusting language or terminology to the characteristics and needs of the audience. Good listening skills. Dependability - Meets commitments, deliverables, deadlines, work independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, and meets attendance/punctuality requirements. Innovation - Generating creative solutions to work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with organizational problems and opportunities. Integrity - Maintaining and promoting social, ethical, and organizational norms is conducting internal and external business activities. Judgment/Problem Solving - Recognizes problems and responds, systematically gathers information, sorts through complex issues, seeks input from others, addresses root cause of issues, makes timely decisions, can make difficult decisions, uses consensus when possible, and communicates decisions to others. Maximizing Performance - Establishing performance/development goals, coaching performance, providing training, and evaluating performance. Organizational Awareness - Having and using knowledge of systems, situations, procedures, and culture inside the organization to identify potential organizational problems and opportunities; perceiving the impact and the implications of decisions on other components of the organization. Patient Service Orientation - Proactively developing patient/customer relations by making efforts to listen and understand the patient and their needs (both internal and external); anticipating and providing solutions to customer needs; giving high priority to patient/customer satisfaction. Ensures appropriate follow up and is their advocate in determining solutions. The employee uses a variety of communication techniques to effectively express thoughts and ideas and to understand or influence. Results Driven & Execution - Accountable for meeting or exceeding individual and/or department goals and objectives. Committed to producing results that will achieve company objectives. Sets priorities and organizes time to meet or exceed goals, follows up, and takes personal responsibility for results whether they are positive or negative. Teamwork/Collaboration - Working effectively with team/work group or those outside formal line of authority (e.g., peers, senior managers) to accomplish organizational goals; taking actions that respect the needs and contributions of others; contributing to and accepting the consensus; subordinating own objectives to the objectives of the organization or team. Listens to others and values opinions. Work Standards - Setting high goals or standards of performance for self, direct reports, others, and the organization; being dissatisfied with average performance; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed by others.

Requirements

• Completion of master's degree in nursing.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Knowledge of Athena Database software; Microsoft Spreadsheet software and Microsoft Word Processing software; including Excel.
• Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Is responsible for the total care of all assigned patients in collaboration with the House Calls Medical Director.
• Is responsible for patient assessments and care planning, risk management plan development, addressing quality measures and HCCs, and providing both maintenance care and acute interventions within their scope of practice.
• Provides services to meet patient needs and prevent unnecessary Emergency Department utilization when appropriate.
• In home services include but are not limited to: IV hydration/antibiotic therapy, lab draws, nebulizer treatments, wound care, and injections, and utilization of mobile diagnostics as indicated.
• Participates in the on-call rotation providing after hours telephonic support to patients (approximately 6-10 shifts/year)
• Ensures all pertinent and active medical conditions are documented in the electronic medical record in a timely manner, consistent with MPG policy, and in a compliant manner with CMS and other insurance carriers.
• Accountable for identifying patients needing additional assistance and making referrals to home health, social services, behavioral health, skilled nursing and other available community resources, when needed and appropriate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level