Nurse Practitioner 100% Virtual, CareBridge

Elevance Health•Houston, TX

6d•Remote

About The Position

CareBridge Health, a member of the Elevance Health family within the Carelon business, is seeking experienced Nurse Practitioner candidates for a 100% virtual role serving individuals in home and community-based settings. This position focuses on maximizing patient health, independence, and quality of life through home-care and community-based services. The Nurse Practitioner will collaborate with physicians, other providers, and family members to develop complex care plans, provide clinical and non-clinical support, and deliver urgent and acute care via telehealth modalities. The role involves managing adult patients with chronic and complex conditions, identifying and closing care gaps, and educating patients and families. Maintaining patient records, coordinating care, and prescribing medication are key responsibilities. This is a Non-Management Exempt position with a Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm CST work shift, including rotating on-call duties.

Requirements

Requires a 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 Texas.
Valid, current, active, RN Compact license is Required.
Requires 2+ years of experience in managing complex care cases.
Experience working with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) required.

Nice To Haves

Possession of DEA registration or eligibility preferred.
Active Medicaid number in the state of Texas highly preferred.
Experience in managing complex care cases for developmental disabilities and chronically ill patients strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides urgent health care and acute 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.