NPST Nurse Practitioner (86576)

Regency Integrated Health Services•Houston, TX

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The NPST Nurse Practitioner is responsible for practicing the nursing profession ethically, dutifully, and according to and within the Scope and Standards of Practice of the Texas Board of Nursing. The NP is responsible for Provider-level care coordination, as outlined in the Texas Independence Health Plan (ISNP) Model of Care, for all ISNP Members. The NP is generally expected to be in his/her facilities during customary working hours (approximately 8:00am – 5:00pm) to ensure that these facilities have adequate Provider-Level coverage to meet patient/resident/member health care needs while also allowing the NP to have adequate time for documentation, and rotational weekday/weekend on-call responsibility.

Requirements

BSN, MSN, current Board Certification
RN, APN/APRN
Licensed as both a Registered Nurse and an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the state of Texas.
Maintains an up to date Board Certification in his/her specialty.
Responsible for maintaining a Texas Statutory Prescriptive Authority Agreement with attending Physicians and/or Medical Directors and for maintaining Texas Board of Nursing ongoing educational requirements for licensure and re-certification.
Will comply with all State and Federal guidelines required to practice as a licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, including maintaining an active RN and APRN license.
Will maintain Professional Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance.

Responsibilities

Maintaining a high measure of professionalism in dress and actions that appropriately reflect the mission and policies of the organization and facilities with whom they work and within which they work.
Attending and participating in daily morning meetings daily when in facilities.
Accountable for their own clinical and professional actions and to performing duties within the appropriate scope of practice allowed by respective prescriptive authority agreements with attending physicians.
Responding timely to all Compliance requests.
Reporting to the Clinical Operations Manager (COM), maintaining communication with COM and facility staff regarding Plan specific to facility and/or patient/family concerns.
Responsible for Provider-Level health care delivery and preventative care management for specific Texas Independence Health Plan ISNP Plan Members (Plan Members) who are assigned to collaborating physicians in assigned practice facilities.
Providing proactive, preventative/maintenance care for the Plan Members’ medical, emotional, and behavioral conditions.
Providing clinical care and education to Plan Members, as well as education to the family and Nursing Facility staff.
Adhering to and being accountable to all ISNP Model of Care Provider metrics and goals.
Participating in an on-call rotation to ensure continuity of care for Plan Members after hours, weekends and holidays.
Maintaining reasonable and appropriate communication with the facility staff for questions, notifications, and family concerns to assist in providing optimal clinical care.
Efficiently navigating and operating a laptop computer and entering data and documentation daily into designated Electronic Medical Record Systems in a timely manner.
Participating in ongoing staff education and reasonably assisting, as requested, with Quality Improvement at the facilities/communities.
Communicating professionally in face to face conversations with families and staff.
Reviewing medications, orders, and diagnostic tests, and responding to abnormalities appropriately, within BON approved scope of practice.
Providing ongoing evaluation and treatment options of chronic illnesses, and care for acute exacerbations of chronic illnesses as they occur.
Providing ongoing evaluation and education to patients and families on Advance Care Planning (Goals of Care and Anticipatory planning).
Reviewing and responding to consultant recommendations such as psychiatric, dietary, rehabilitative therapies, and pharmacy.
Performing all other duties congruent with the ISNP Plan as assigned.
Maintaining adequate Medical Malpractice Insurance (generally expected to be $1m/$3m).