Posted in Other 1 day ago.
Location: SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont
Location: South Burlington, VT
Description: Our client is currently seeking a Nurse Practitioner for House Call positions in...
Chittenden County, Rutland County, or Washington County.
This job will have the following responsibilities:
Nurse Practitioner needed to perform health risk assessments which are essentially history and physicals done within the patient's home or on occasion in nursing home or other health facility
Clinical documentation of acute, chronic, and long-term healthcare issues through patient encounter in EMR system; Documentation must be accurate, high quality, and completed in a timely manner
Provider will ensure all appropriate consent forms are signed and dated
Provider will have frequent interaction with patients, coders, schedulers, and supervising physician
The provider will educate patients and/or patient's family on chronic medical conditions, preventative care, and medication adherence compliance
Provider will complete referrals to case management, nursing, pharmacy, etc. as needed
Provider will participate in clinical meetings and compliance trainings which are primarily web based; however, provider will occasionally be required to attend on-site training
Provider will not be required to prescribe medicine nor order any lab or diagnostic testing
Provider will occasionally need to obtain samples for diagnostic screening tests such as finger stick for HgbA1C, LDL, and Lead levels; urine analysis may also be required based on client need.
Provider will be responsible to review patient records for past and present health issues
Provider will need to collaborate with the supervising physician and other members of health care team
Provider must be able to interpret laboratory data and diagnostic testing when available to assist in diagnosis of medical conditions
As part of the assessment, the provider must do ADL and Fall Risk evaluation, Depression and Nutritional Health Screening, BMI evaluation, and medication reconciliation Performs other duties as assigned by supervising physician such as perform examinations using equipment for diabetic retinal exams, bone density, etc.
Assessments will be added to weekly timecards when documentation is completed (using SSRS report)
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W.B. Mason Company, Inc.
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Flow Control Group
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