Nurse Practitioner – Team

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This role will travel to provide clinical services and train providers throughout Absolute Care’s 5 markets in Ohio as assigned. The provider will be based in one of the five existing centers but is anticipated to travel to cover absences in other centers, assist during onboarding of new staff, and bridge gaps in care during certain times of the year. The provider will also see patients in their local intermediate care area, perform annual wellness visits, and provide hospital follow-up care.

The provider may also see patients in the home-based setting. This role functions as part of a large, integrated care team with the goal of providing whole-person care in the outpatient setting.

• Focus on the management and improvement of health for patients with multiple chronic medical conditions. Work with the interdisciplinary team supporting the care of these patients. Patients are all adults with occasional adolescents.
• Work in a team environment (with social work, case management, behavioral health, pharmacy, nutrition, etc.), process feedback, and be open to discussing and implementing plans of care from other members of the team. Work well with a supervising physician.
• Lead a travel team of a nurse practitioner, pod nurse, pod medical assistant, and administrative assistant in providing support as needed throughout the markets of Ohio.
• Communicate and interact with alternate levels of care facilities (hospital, ER, skilled nursing facilities) in order to facilitate appropriate discharge to a lower level of care or back to the Absolute Care Medical Center. Familiar with inpatient medicine and the discharge process in order to help facilitate discharges.
• Treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic conditions within the Absolute Care center, i.e. Lasix for CHF, IVF for dehydration/renal failure, IV antibiotics for various infections, nebulizer/Solu-Medrol for COPD/asthma etc. Possess a comfort level and the knowledge to differentiate when exacerbation can be treated within Absolute Care and when a higher level of care is needed. These treatments will involve collaboration and oversight with a supervising physician.
• Accept same day/next day or urgent appointments for patients from home or discharged from the hospital/ER/skilled nursing facility in need of intensified practitioner or case management/social work services to ensure acute episode has resolved and the patient is not admitted/readmitted.
• Understand the PCMH model of care as pertains to specialist care, only utilizes this higher level of care as needed, and not a substitute for primary care using evidence based clinical skills.
• Assist with educating patients regarding their chronic diseases and healthy choices, disease progression, and the need for advanced directives.
• Practice evidenced-based care in accordance with the PCMH model of care.
• Able to keep track of and successfully attain specified quality metric goals.
• Possess a comfort level and the knowledge to differentiate when exacerbation can be treated within Absolute Care and when a higher level of care is needed.
• Perform other duties as required consistent with chronic care and disease management services provided to patients.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings and recommend treatment initiatives designed to keep patients healthy or resolve ongoing clinical issues.
• Provide on-call coverage for the office and hospital in rotation with other providers.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in the company’s EHR, eCW, so that they may support and train other providers.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in risk adjustment, documentation of annual wellness visits, and closure of clinical quality gaps.

• Frequent overnight travel to support coverage needs across Absolute Care Ohio markets (Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati).
• Typical schedule includes 6–8 visits per day in either clinic-based setting or home visits.
• Use of personal vehicle required; mileage reimbursement provided.
• Ability to manage varying home environments, route changes, and work independently…