Physician Extender APP, Nephrology

ChenMed•Glenwood, IL

9d•$111,140 - $158,771•Onsite

About The Position

The Nephrology Extender provides coordination of quality care for CKD and ESRD patients between primary care physicians, community nephrologists and dialysis clinics. Reporting to the National Director of Nephrology, the incumbent will be responsible for identifying opportunities to minimize fragmentation of health care for ESRD and CKD patients. They will continually seek to improve patient and quality outcomes, monitoring program performance across multiple medical centers. They will be responsible for patient education and will help develop strategies for quality improvement and management.

Requirements

Licensed Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with 5+ years of nephrology experience
Experience with care coordination and coaching
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Intermediate computer skills with Microsoft Office Suite products, including Excel and Word

Nice To Haves

Nephrology CAQ or Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) preferred
Medicare and/or Medicare Advantage experience a plus
Prior experience in a value based care (e.g. ESCO) , risk-model based healthcare a plus

Responsibilities

Works directly with the National Director of Nephrology to analyze care gaps sharing recommendations with PCPs and dialysis clinics to decrease crash into dialysis.
Responsible for care coordination between ChenMed Nephrology team, PCPs, Dialysis units and vascular or inpatient care facilities.
Ability to review patient charts, provide assessments and recommendations for care plan.
Enhances home dialysis utilization for patients with emphasis on increasing de-novo start of home dialysis.
Works with transitional care team on decreasing ESRD hospitalizations and length of stay.
Provides virtual education to patients on CKD and options for dialysis.
Develops trusting relationships with all internal and external stakeholders to determine areas of opportunity supplemented with remediation strategies.
Supports and completes ad-hoc initiatives including, but not limited to research and care advancement proposals.
Ability to travel up to 75%
Other duties as assigned.