Family Nurse Practitioner Virtual Care

Job Description :

The Telehealth Nurse Practitioner delivers patient care services through a remote technology platform. You will work in collaboration with a dedicated team of professionals as you independently provide holistic, evidenced based care inclusive of accurate assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management of health problems, health counseling, and disposition planning for our patients ranging in age months and above.

Encounters are documented utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). Telehealth providers report directly to the Enterprise Initiative Lead.

Responsibilities :

• Patient-Centered Quality and Safety
• Evaluate primary care, acute, chronically ill, and transitional care patients, in addition to providing healthcare education and counselling, and disposition planning for our patients ranging in age months and above.
• Provide patient counselling; inclusive of pregnancy prevention, STI Prevention / safer sex practices, contraceptive care counselling and medication management.
• Educate patients on health maintenance and respond to patient care inquiries.
• Document all patient care within an EHR according to policies and procedures.
• Provide care and coordination of our patients with internal and external colleagues, including the broader patient centred medical home, ensuring the highest standard of care is provided for all patients and at all times.
• Effectively work within a patient care team, including fellow Providers, Collaborative Physicians, paraprofessionals, Pharmacists, and other members of the health care team.
• Customer Service Excellence
• Deliver excellent customer service.
• Seek to increase patient engagement and satisfaction through integration of feedback from patients, management, and professional colleagues.
• Focuses consistently on the patient to create a warm and welcoming environment.
• Tailor communication style to effectively influence quality outcomes and patient needs.
• Collaborate with pharmacy and front store colleagues to provide a complete patient experience.
• Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance with PHI and HIPAA standards.
• Healthcare Environment Management
• Resolve conflict using appropriate management techniques.
• Cultivate and maintain positive relationships among practice employees, colleagues and external partners.
• Reprioritizes continually throughout the day to fulfil patient and business needs.
• Support the overall patient experience, by effectively managing clinical and non-clinical duties as well as patient expectations.
• Quickly adopt new service offerings and patient care models.
• Adhere to the core values of all communications and interactions.
• Assist with hiring, development, and evaluation of Practice employees.
• Complete necessary tasks for clinic operations, including but not limited to taking inventory, following up on lab results, receiving incoming phone calls, ordering supplies, and maintaining clinic cleanliness.
• Business Acumen
• Remain accountable to managing business needs including, but not limited to, budget, payroll, inventory, billing insurance, and payment collection.
• Own the success of your practice through implementation of the clinic level business plan designed to meet identified business goals.
• Assure complete and accurate payment for services through comprehensive documentation in the patient chart, verification of payment method (insurance, cash, or combination) for each visit, and collection of payment as directed by the EMR.
• Complete revenue cycle managements tasks including collecting payment at time of service for all visits and preparing nightly deposits.
• Autonomy
• Work independently, prioritize, and solve problems, take initiative, and advocate for their patients and their practice.
• Actively participate in professional development thru professional groups, committees within the organization and / or additional external experiences.
• Maintain self-awareness and professionalism of individual actions and how they impact the clinic, practice, and healthcare industry.
• Continuing education, including what is required to maintain employment is the responsibility of the provider.

Experience :

• Must be willing / available to work every other weekend.
• Must be willing / available to work two major holidays and one minor holiday per year.
• Minimum of two years of medically relevant experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• A minimum of high speed / broadband internet connectivity with a download speed of at least download and upload speed.

Speed test not required on resume, but please ensure candidate is aware of this requirement.

• Must hold an unrestricted license in two of the states listed and have the ability to obtain multi state / compact privileges and licensure in noncompact states as required by the business.
• Effective verbal, written, and electronic communication skills.
• Outstanding organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Initiative, problem solving ability, adaptability, and flexibility.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and practice autonomously.
• Is proficient with information management and technology.
• Capacity to collaborate with professional colleagues as necessary to provide quality care.

Education :

Completion of a master’s degree level Family Nurse Practitioner program with current National Board Certification and State of Employment license to practice in the Advanced Practice Nurse role required.