Nurse Practitioner

Job Summary: Apply clinical skills to the management of healthcare for medically complex older adults, working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to address participants' medical, emotional, and social well-being.

Duties/Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions:

• As a member of the PACE Interdisciplinary team (IDT), the nurse practitioner is responsible for the following:
  • Preparing and updating a comprehensive Care Plan for participants in conjunction with the IDT that that includes medical, emotional, psychosocial aspects of care
  • Attentive and responsive to input from other team members, participants, and caregivers as pertains to participant's health, and ongoing communication of important clinical information to the IDT
• Each nurse practitioner is responsible for the following:
  • Comprehensive history and physical for new participants to assist with preparation of a comprehensive Care Plan
  • Reassessment of participants' medical conditions at least every 6 months as part of the participant semi-annual assessment for updating the Care Plan
  • Managing a participant's medical care for acute and chronic issues
  • Reviewing outside clinical information for participants, including specialty clinic appointments, hospitalizations, and nursing home stays
  • Documenting changes of a participant's condition in the medical record in a timely manner, consistent with documentation policies established by the medical director
  • Work in the PACE clinic at either of the two PACE centers to see participants as scheduled and as needed
  • Provide in-home care as needed
  • Contact and inform caregivers of any medical changes
  • Return calls from participants, caregivers, and staff, in a courteous and timely manner
  • Serving as the provider on-call for the on-call nurses on evenings and weekends, and returning calls in a courteous, timely manner

Competencies

• Effective communication with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and non-medical colleagues, in a manner that ensures understanding
• Foster caring interpersonal connections with participants and their caregivers
• Enthusiastic collaboration with colleagues in a team environment
• Sensitively navigates complex ethical issues involving participants that may arise
• Proactively seeks out ways to improve delivery of care
• Serves as a trusted liaison with medical director, nurses, and other healthcare professionals within the program
• Seeks to support other members of the team with their roles and responsibilities
• Appreciates and learns from the knowledge of others on the team, and shares knowledge in return
• Participates in research or investigations related to quality improvement
• Creatively proposes and adapts treatment plans with openness to unique circumstances of PACE participants, with a focus on delivering goal-concordant care

Physical Requirements: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Sitting, Standing, Walking, Talking, sitting at a desk, and working on a computer. Must be able to lift fifteen pounds at times. Physical Demands: Sedentary physical activity performing non-strenuous daily activities of an administrative nature.

1. Stand less than 33% of time on duty.
2. Walk less than 33% of the time on duty.
3. Sit between 33% and 66% of time on duty.
4. Use of hands to finger, handle or feel over 66% of time on duty.
5. Reach with hands or arms less than 33% of time.
6. Full ability to talk and hear.
7. Correctable vision required.
8. Able to lift/carry up to 30 lbs.

Minimum Educational and General Qualifications:

Nursing Degree from an accredited university, and a graduate of a certified or accredited Nurse Practitioner Program; or Master's Degree in Clinical Nursing and five years nursing experience. Must have a current license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).

Preferred: Five-to-seven years nursing experience, with three years of experience as Nurse Practitioner.