Nurse Practitioner, Bilingual (100% Virtual) - CareBridge

Elevance Health•Boston, MA

3d•$126,592 - $158,240•Remote

About The Position

CareBridge Health, a member of the Elevance Health family, is seeking a Bilingual Nurse Practitioner to join their team. This is a 100% virtual role with a $5,000 sign-on bonus. The Nurse Practitioner will collaborate with physicians and other providers to develop complex care plans for patients in home and community-based settings. The role involves providing primary and urgent health care via telehealth, developing and implementing clinical plans of care for adult patients with chronic and complex conditions, gathering history and physical exams, identifying and closing gaps in care, and educating patients and families. The Nurse Practitioner will also maintain patient records, participate in continuing education, and prescribe medication as permitted by state authority.

Requirements

Requires an MS in Nursing.
Requires an active national NP certification.
Requires valid, current, active and unrestricted Family or Adult Nurse Practitioner (NP) license in the state of Massachusetts.
Requires valid, current, active, RN license.
Experience working with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) required.
Requires 2+ years of experience in managing complex care cases.
Bilingual or Multi-lingual skills required in the following languages: Spanish or Hindi

Nice To Haves

Active RN Compact license.
Experience in managing complex care cases for developmental disabilities and chronically ill patients strongly preferred.
Possession of DEA registration or eligibility preferred.
Bilingual in Spanish is highly preferred.
Active Medicaid number in the state of Massachusetts is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides primary and urgent health care via telephone and tele video modalities to patients who receive home and community-based services through state Medicaid programs, dual eligible members and other membership as assigned by our MCO partners.
Develops and implements clinical plans of care for adult patients facing chronic and complex conditions (e.g., co-morbid medical and mental health diagnoses, limited personal resources, chronic medical conditions.).
Gathers history and physical exam and diagnostics as needed, and then develops and implements treatment plans given the patient’s goals of care and current conditions.
Identifies and closes gaps in care.
Meets the patient’s and family’s physical and psychosocial needs with support and input from the company’s inter-disciplinary team.
Educates patients and families about medication usage, side effects, illness progression, diet and nutrition, medical adherence and crisis anticipation and prevention.
Maintains contact with other clinical team members, patients’ other physicians and patients’ other medical providers to coordinate optimal care and resources for the patient and his or her family in a timely basis and consistent with state regulations and company health standards and policy.
Maintains patient medical records and medical documentation consistent with state regulations and company standards and policy.
Participates in continuing education as required by state and certifying body.
Prescribes medication as permitted by state prescribing authority.