Nurse Practitioner - Evernorth - Austin TX

Cigna Group•Austin, TX

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Evernorth Workplace Care provides in-person and virtual health care delivery, population health, and health coaching. Its mission is to deliver proactive, personalized, holistic care and coaching by using health data and insights to improve the health and wellness of clients’ employees and their families, with access to affordable, high-quality services where they work and live. The Nurse Practitioner provides primary care in a workplace-based health center in Austin, Texas. Care includes low-acuity urgent and episodic treatment, potentially involving several visits for an illness or injury, and education and co-management of chronic conditions with outside primary care providers when Evernorth Workplace Care is not the patient’s primary care provider. The role may include overseeing and performing CLIA-waived tests, dispensing prescription medications, overseeing specimen collection, supporting biometric screenings and health education, coaching employees, referring patients to wellness programs, and partnering with local HR and Benefits teams. With appropriate training, the role may also involve travel medicine recommendations, immunizations, or allergen immunotherapy. The Nurse Practitioner works closely with, and may oversee, other health care team members such as medical assistants and LPNs. If working from home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be through a cable broadband or fiber optic provider with speeds of at least 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.

Requirements

Graduate of a certified Nurse Practitioner program.
Active, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in the respective state and ability to maintain it.
At least 3 years of Nurse Practitioner experience working independently in an internal medicine or family practice setting.
Ability to practice independently in the respective state.
May be asked to obtain licensure in additional states.
DEA licensure and prescriptive authority, with ability to maintain them.
Strong primary care experience, including women's health.
BLS certification and ability to maintain current certification.
Excellent interpersonal skills with internal and external customers and in group settings.
Passion for overall health and wellness and patient education.
High energy and strong customer-centric focus.
Ability to work clinic hours.
Solid attendance record.
Strong time management skills.

Nice To Haves

Chronic disease management experience.
Electronic Health Record experience; EPIC experience is a plus.
Phlebotomy experience.
Allergy immunotherapy administration experience.
Additional language skills such as Spanish.
Direct or indirect supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

Provide primary care treatment in a workplace-based setting.
Deliver low-acuity urgent and episodic care.
Provide extended episodic acute care that may involve multiple visits for an illness or injury.
Educate patients about chronic conditions and co-manage them with outside primary care providers when Evernorth Workplace Care is not the patient’s primary care provider.
Oversee and perform CLIA-waived tests, dispense prescription medications, and oversee a specimen collection lab.
Collaborate with onsite employees to provide biometric screenings and health and wellness education.
Potentially provide travel medicine recommendations and immunizations or administer allergen immunotherapy with appropriate training.
Provide one-on-one health coaching to employees and refer patients to wellness programs.
Partner with local HR and Benefits teams to improve employee health.
Work closely with, and potentially oversee, health care team members such as MAs and LPNs.