Nurse Practitioner 100% Virtual, CareBridge

Elevance Health•Dayton, OH

2d•Remote

About The Position

Seeking Nurse Practitioners licensed in Ohio with an active RN Compact license. This is a 100% virtual role, offering maximum flexibility and autonomy, with occasional required in-person training sessions. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office. CareBridge Health, a member of the Elevance Health family, focuses on enabling individuals in home and community-based settings to maximize their health, independence, and quality of life through home-care and community-based services. The role involves collaborating with physicians and providers to develop complex care plans, providing clinical and non-clinical support to patients, and delivering primary and urgent health care via telehealth. The Nurse Practitioner will develop and implement clinical plans of care for adult patients with chronic and complex conditions, manage physical and psychosocial needs, educate patients and families, coordinate care with other providers, maintain medical records, and prescribe medication as permitted.

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

Nice To Haves

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