Physician Services Nurse Practitioner

Optimal Care is where your dedication meets a rewarding career. As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our Patients and Families every day.

We live a simple Mission:
Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care. What does this mean for you? At Optimal Care, you have our resolute commitment to being an exceptional place to work.

• Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Company Vehicle Program
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Mentorship Culture
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Cutting Edge Technology

Nurse Practitioners provide primary and/or consultative professional care in a variety of care settings. The Nurse Practitioner will function in collaboration with physicians according to a Collaboration Arrangement.

• Conducting medical evaluations of predominantly elderly, frail, seriously ill patients in their home environment
• Determining follow up assessments according to patient need and best practice guidelines
• Communicating significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the clinical coordinator, the physician, family, facility and other personnel involved with patient care
• Assessing health status by obtaining relevant health and medical history
• Performing a physical exam based upon the age and patient history as per the Standard Care Arrangement with a collaborating physician
• Ordering, interpreting and evaluating laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies to assess patient's clinical problems and health care needs
• Performing diagnostic of therapeutic interventions consistent with certification, law and state medical privileges
• Prescribing and monitoring medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through the appropriate State Board Agency
• Developing a treatment plan in collaboration with the patient and caregivers
• Referring patients to physicians as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment
• Ensuring continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multidisciplinary care team or with other specialty areas
• Providing patients and families an understanding of the diagnosis and disease progression while decreasing unnecessary emergency room and hospital visits
• Holding case conferences with families when appropriate to advance the care plan
• Meeting minimum productivity requirements based on practice standard

• Graduate of an accredited Certificate, Diploma, Associate or Baccalaureate School of Nursing
• Master's or doctoral degree as a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner
• Current State License as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing skills as defined by accepted nursing standards
• Sit, stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently
• Must be able to lift at least 35lbs and bear the weight of an average adult effectively
• Current and valid driver's license
• Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance coverage
• Demonstrates ability to assess and respond to the needs of patients, families and caregivers in skilled-nursing facility settings
• Demonstrates skill in nursing practice, ability to cope with family emotional stress and tolerance of individual lifestyles
• Ability to handle multiple priorities, documentation requirements and deadlines

• 2 years clinical experience in a post-acute or as a Nurse Practitioner preferred
• Experience with geriatric patients preferred
• Familiarity with Aprima EMR

• Office
  
  Location:
  
  4341 S. Westnedge Ave, Suite 2210, Kalamazoo MI 49008
• Main Service Area:
  Kalamazoo to St. Joseph/South Haven

• Office hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday

Optimal Care conducts a background screening upon acceptance of a contingent job offer. Background screening is completed by a third-party administrator, the Michigan Long-Term Care Partnership, and is performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Optimal Care is an equal-opportunity employer.