Physician Assistant​/Geriatrics​/Locum Tenens​/Nurse Practitioner Health Risk Assessments Per Visit

Overview

Harmony Cares is one of the nation?s largest home-based primary care practices. Harmony Cares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes Harmony Cares, Harmony Cares Medical Group, Harmony Cares Home Health and Harmony Cares Hospice.

Our Mission ? To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.

Our Shared Vision ? Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.

Our Values ? The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.

Why You Should Want to Work with Us

• Accountable Care Organization
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Paid Orientation and Training
• Established in 11 states
• A+ rated malpractice coverage with tail coverage
• No holidays, no hospital rounds

More details about the benefits we offer can be found at

The Nurse Practitioner delivers annual risk assessment in a residential setting or telehealth, within the scope of practice for a Nurse Practitioner, as delegated by the Collaborative Physician.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive in-home health risk assessments to identify all active and chronic disease conditions, as well as determine all physical, mental, and social needs present at the time of the visit
• Takes history, examines, determines diagnoses.
• Provides written documentation of patient visit, per NCQA standards
• Takes patient vital signs, as necessary.
• Places case management referrals and communicates with PCP as necessary.
• Communicates with patients, caregivers, agency nurses, other providers and vendors as necessary to assure proper diagnosis.
• Performs all clinical duties while observing OSHA Universal Precautions
• Maintains patient confidentiality
• Attends required meetings and in-services and participates in committees, as requested
• Participates in professional development activities and maintains professional licenses and affiliations

In this role you may work with. . .

• Teammates
• Physicians
• Medical Staff
• Patients
• Caregivers
• Agency Nurses
• Providers
• Vendors

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Active/unrestricted nurse practitioner license to practice in coverage states
• Board certification in one of the following:
  American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Active CPR Certification
• Current enrollment in Medicare/Medicaid
• Must maintain a valid driver?s license and good driving record
• Outstanding EHR skills

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Geriatric training/experience
• Skill in teamwork and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public

Conditions of this role to be aware of. . .

• Adaptability to differing weather conditions and patients? home/residential environments
• Full range of body motion including handling/lifting patients. Manual and finger dexterity, eye-hand coordination, normal visual acuity, normal hearing, standing, bending, walking and stair climbing
• Regular lifting/carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ability to ride in automobile or van up to 150 miles daily in urban and/or rural settings. Ability to drive, if necessary