Dementia Care Nurse Practitioner

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About Synapticure
As a patient and caregiver-founded company, Synapticure provides instant access to expert neurologists, cutting-edge treatments and trials, and wraparound care coordination and behavioral health support in all 50 states through a virtual care platform. Partnering with providers and health plans, including CMS' new GUIDE dementia care model, Synapticure is dedicated to transforming the lives of millions of individuals and their families living with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS.



Job Duties – What You’ll Be Doing

• The DCNP practice includes diagnose, treat, and manage dementia and other acute episodic illnesses through comprehensive and acute care visits, promoting early detection of change, and timely treatment. It may also include:
• Telehealth comprehensive and acute visits with patient and caregivers
• Annual visits to monitor implementation of dementia care plans
• Facilitation of appointments with consultants when the treatment plan needs to be reassessed (e.g., new behavioral complications)
• Provide dementia education and management skills to caregivers
• Take urgent calls during daytime hours, on call rotation, manage or triage problems, and communicate with community primary care physicians
• Order and interpret appropriate lab and diagnostic testing and adjust treatment plans accordingly
• The DCNP collaborates with Synapticure’s nerulogists/ dementia specialist, interdisciplinary care team and community PCPs to provide excellent dementia care to patients and caregivers
• Maintains appropriate and compliant documentation within our EMR (electronic medical record)
• Collaborates with local and regional operations and clinical leadership to achieve goals
• Supports strategic initiatives regarding the GUIDE program
• Provides an excellent customer experience to foster high customer satisfaction/retention
• Practices ethically and in accordance with the Scope and Standards of Practice of their profession and Board Certification
• Follows all state and federal regulations, guidelines, and laws
• Assists in the development of evidence-based training and education materials for patients, caregivers, Care Navigators, and public audiences

• Masters of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, or NP Certificate Program Graduate
• Current Nurse Practitioner credentialing body certificate
• Active, unrestricted APRN licensure
• 2 years of experience as APRN in primary care, internal medicine, geriatric care, neurology or equivalent
• Working knowledge of Geriatrics and care of Geriatric/Neurology patients
• Ability to take medical histories, perform examinations, assessments and implement appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic plans using medical practice in collaboration with supervising neurologist
• Timely documentation
• Managing a busy clinical schedule while minimizing patient wait times
• Comfort with multiple communication and documentation platforms (EMR, slack, email, etc)
• Ability to assess psychosocial needs of patient/family/conservator/caregiver in a culturally diverse environment
• Knowledge of assessment and treatment of dementia, including psychological, behavioral, and medical aspects
• Excellent verbal and written communications, organizational skills, and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a diverse team
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-based, collaborative environment; able to prioritize and complete tasks in a timely manner
• Attend weekly debriefing sessions with the clinical team to review cases and discuss issues, problem solving strategies, resource needs, and communication techniques
• Use integrated workflow management technology for care delivery and data collection
• Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with patients, teammates, and health care and community service providers
• Experience with electronic medical records and/or other innovative technologies

• Experience as an APRN in a…