(Archived) Nurse Practitioner Full Time Autonomous Position

Our Nurse Practitioners are responsible for providing health care to patients enrolled in the Chronic Care Program in their home. The Nurse Practitioner leads a care team that consists of Registered Nurses and Care Coordinators and works closely with the patient’s primary care physician. New Grads welcome to apply!

Job Responsibilities:

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  Delivers cost-effective, high-quality care to assigned patients in a segmented territory within Rhode Island.

  
  
  
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  Completes comprehensive history and physical examination on all enrolled patients in an in-home visit

  
  
  
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  Collaborates with RNs and patient to determine patient’s risk of adverse health outcomes

  
  
  
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  Completes proactive, in-home visits on all intensive level patients at least monthly

  
  
  
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  Completes proactive, in-home visits on all core level patients quarterly

  
  
  
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  Completes unplanned, urgent, and/or emergent in-home visits as needed to meet patient needs

  
  
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  Addresses Advance Care Planning proactively; identifies surrogate decision maker (MPOA, Health Proxy, etc)

  
  
  
• Manages patient’s medical care as appropriate
  
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  Collaborates with RNs in the development of an integrated care plan that identifies key patient problems, goals of care, barriers to meeting goals, interventions, activation level, and patient self-management activities

  
  
  
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  Communicates effectively with entire care team including the patient’s community primary care provider

  
  
  
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  Provides effective patient education

  
  
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  Participates in clinical case conferences as required

  
  

Requirements:

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  Holds active, unencumbered license in state of practice

  
  
  
• New Grads welcome to apply
  
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  Credentialed in adult, family, or geriatric care

  
  
  
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  Has active DEA license

  
  
  
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  Experience in care of adult, chronically ill patients

  
  
  
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  Two or more years of practice experience preferred

  
  
  
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  Driver’s license without restrictions and good driving record

  
  
  
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  Working knowledge of computers and ability to document effectively and efficiently in an electronic system

  
  
  

We offer a competitive benefits package to eligible full-time employees, which includes the following:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Prescription Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Life/AD&D Coverage
• Short Term Disability
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 12 Corporate Holidays