Family Nurse Practitioner - Paragon Infusion Centers

Elevance Health•Fort Worth, TX

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Family Nurse Practitioner is responsible for patient care within his/her scope of practice in the clinical setting. Paragon Healthcare, a proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, has over 20 years of experience in providing life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable drug therapies through specialty pharmacies, infusion centers, and home settings. This position will support clinics in Fort Worth, NRH, and Arlington, TX.

Requirements

Requires an MS in Nursing and minimum of 2 years of nursing experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Experience with IV's required
Current, active, valid and unrestricted NP license to practice as a healthcare professional within the scope of license in applicable state required in applicable state required.
Requires active, current and valid Family Nurse Practitioner Certification.
Multi-state licensure is required if this individual is providing services in multiple states.
Satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position and Hepatitis B vaccine or signed waiver.

Nice To Haves

Ability to obtain credentialing with major payors in the market including Medicare/Medicaid preferred.
Experience with IV insertion and maintenance strongly preferred.
Port, PICC, and Peripheral Line experienced preferred.
Infusion reaction management experience preferred.
Titration experience preferred.
Medication mixing and infusion experience preferred.
EHR experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Administers ordered therapies according to prescriber order, facility protocols, INS standards and company policy and procedures.
Completes admission process as directed by Center Director.
Performs physical assessment on each patient as warranted and for new consults as warranted by the patient diagnosis.
Documents all pertinent data in the patient’s medical record.
Reports all significant changes or observations to the Center Director and is responsible for the follow up on any problem which is identified.
Communicates effectively with other members of the IV team on patient status and observations.
Maintains patient confidentiality at all times by abiding by HIPAA laws and regulations.
Evaluates the patient’s response to therapy and documents this finding in the medical record.
Educates patients and/or family members regarding therapy plan.
Participates in the Quality Improvement program.
Ensures that all medication orders are complete, appropriate, accurate and up to date prior to treatment.
Provides clinical coverage for nurse practitioners on PTO/LOA and may also support new market launches.
May require extensive travel to worksite and other locations as necessary.