This position requires travel through the State of New Jersey. Travel between care sites is based on the needs of business / market and required for the role. Expected Travel 75% – 100%
Primary Responsibilities:
- Obtain and review medical history, conduct assessments, analyze and diagnose conditions, and develop appropriate plan of care
- Identify gaps in care and interpret diagnostic test / reports in order to refer appropriately
- Identify risk factors and help mitigate barriers to accessing care to reduce risk
- Develop interventions to assist members in attaining established goals of care
- Evaluate member’s progress in completion of goals of care and re – assess and assist in care management with members
- Serve as a key resource on complex and / or critical issues to solve problems and develop innovative solutions
- Establish trusting relationship and maintain communication with the member, family / authorized representative and primary caregiver and specialists
- Assist members / families in understanding medical options / interventions and in making informed decisions
- Clarify member’s cultural values that may impact health management / decisions
- Identify prognosis / trajectory of chronic disease that may impact future health decisions and conduct advanced care planning discussions
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to spend at least 1 hour with a member in their home, which may be in understaffed or remote areas, in the presence of pets or individuals who are tobacco users
- Ability to lift a 30-pound bag in and out of car and to navigate stairs, as needed
- Ability to travel 75-100% of the time for field-based work
- Excellent administrative skills and the ability to utilize technology, such as navigating the Internet on a computer
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi–task and manage schedule
- Excellent collaboration skills and ability to effectively communicate with seniors, their families, their care team, and physicians
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- Active, unencumbered APC license to practice in the State of New Jersey (or ability to obtain)
- Active Nurse Practitioner certification through a national board:
- Board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or the American Nurses Credentialing Center, with certification in one of the following:
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Adult Nurse Practitioner
- Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Current, active DEA licensure/prescriptive authority or ability to obtain post-hire
- Ability to travel 75% – 100% time including overnight travel
- Access to reliable transportation, as well as a valid driver’s license, that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1+ years of experience with hands on, post grad Nurse Practitioner work
- Experience in geriatric or adult medicine
- Experience working with complex patient populations, including multiple chronic diseases with diverse psychosocial backgrounds
- Experience and comfortable working in LTC, home health or in home setting independently
- Understanding of Medicare, Medicaid and Health Plan benefit structures beneficial
- Bilingual or multilingual
