Family Nurse Practitioner (PRN) – Paragon Infusion Centers

Elevance Health • Austin, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Family Nurse Practitioner (PRN) – Paragon Infusion Centers Location: Austin, TX – 720 W 34th Street, Suite 104 A proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, Paragon Healthcare brings over 20 years in providing life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable drug therapies through our specialty pharmacies, our infusion centers, and the home setting. The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) – Paragon Infusion Centers is responsible for patient care within his/her scope of practice in the clinical setting.

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.
• 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.

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.

Benefits

• We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level