Nurse Practitioner, Remote, Telehealth, Part-time (weekends)

Nurse Practitioner, Remote, Telehealth, Part-time (weekends)

Employer: ChenMed. We’re unique. You should be, too. We’re changing lives every day. For both our patients and our team members. Are you innovative and entrepreneurial minded? Is your work ethic and ambition off the charts? Do you inspire others with your kindness and joy? We’re different than most primary care providers. We’re rapidly expanding and we need great people to join our team. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP), CareLine, PT is responsible for diagnostic patient care primarily through virtual, remote consultation via video conference or telephone. Providing on-call coverage, the incumbent in this role serves as the dispositional authority for after-hours and weekend clinical calls. He/She is accountable for assessing, diagnosing, treating and precisely documenting geriatric patients’ physical and psychosocial health status through the collection of health data. The schedule for this position is each week as follows: Saturdays 0800-2000 Sundays 2030-0830 ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: - Through virtual video conference or telephone, assesses acute and non-acute clinical problems. Performs and documents physical evaluations and patient histories, analyzes trends in patient conditions and develops, documents and implements a patient management plan based on interpretation of findings. Aids in the development of a plan of care that may include health education, physician referrals, case management referrals and patient/family counseling. - Evaluates need for immediate nursing intervention, consultation and/or referral and facilitates the necessary patient care. - Plans patient care based on knowledge of the patient population and/or protocol. Considers the patient’s cultural background, level of understanding, personality and support systems to anticipate and identify physiological and/or psychological problems. Serves as patient advocate. - Collects comprehensive and focused data relating to the health needs of patients and families. Analyzes data