WellBe Senior Medical - Pleasant Hills, PA
posted 20 days ago
About the position
Our APPs (Advanced Practice Providers) are critical to our team that provides compassionate care to the frailest elderly who have chronic and acute illnesses or injuries living in their homes. They deliver primary, urgent and acute medical care to a wide variety of patients. The Nurse Practitioner will be accountable for caring for patients, maintaining accurate and current patient records, and scheduling initial, urgent, and follow-up appointments to patients as required. The successful candidate will work as a team with our physicians, social workers, paramedics, and care team coordinators to assist in delivering concierge care to every patient. We offer a positive, upbeat work environment where all medical personnel work together for the good of the patient.
Responsibilities
- Practices the WellBe mission: To help our patients lead healthier, meaningful lives by delivering the most Complete Care.
- Partners with other clinicians in the 'Care Community managing the health and wellbeing of patients living in their homes.
- Responsible engaging attributed patient into WellBe program.
- Provides primary care to patients in the home.
- Facilitates staff, patient, and family decision making by providing educational resources.
- Performs initial patient screenings/physical examinations creates appropriate assessment/plan.
- Addresses urgent care needs of the patients as needed.
- Collaborates with community team to complete care assessment.
- Orders, interprets, and analyzes diagnostic tests and determine the need for follow-up appointments and further treatment options.
- Prescribes and manage medications and treatments as appropriate, including but not limited to psychopharmacological agents.
- Updates patient records and check records for accuracy at each patient appointment.
- Delivers quality care while maintaining all company metrics pertaining to appropriate documentation/coding, HEDIS measures, engagement of patients, and managing medical expense.
- Serves as a resource for patients in delivering ongoing care information, counseling and guidance for any patients with critical conditions.
- Refer to internal/external resources as appropriate such as WellBe behavioral health protocols.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and participate in regularly scheduled team meetings.
- Maintain required licensure and certification.
- Deliver palliative care, and when needed, end of life care to patients and families.
- Facilitates family meetings with WellBe community team, to help with complicated family dynamics and goals of care.
- Other tasks needed to accomplish team's objectives/goals.
Requirements
- Minimum Master's Degree in Nursing.
- Valid nurse practitioner or physician assistant license in state of operations & current board certification in your field.
- 5+ years of progressive care required.
- BLS and ACLS certified and an NPI# as an NP.
- Have a valid driver's license, car insurance, have access to a car and willingness to drive to patient homes/patient location, as well as an active auto insurance policy.
Nice-to-haves
- Home care experience preferred.
Benefits
- Rich and competitive total rewards package including health benefits, dental, vision, life insurance, dependent care reimbursement, STD/LTD, 401k match with immediate vesting, paid time off / floating holidays, commuter/transportation (mileage) reimbursement, and educational reimbursement.
- Flexible schedule and on-call rotation.
