Specialty Care Nurse Practitioner - Cardiology; Heart Center

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Fully Remote - Illinois time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition :
R2951
** Job Description
***** A bit more about this role:
*** This position represents an amazing opportunity for an experienced nurse practitioner (APRN)  with a big heart and entrepreneurial spirit with extensive clinical experience offering care for cardiology patients.  Your primary focus will be delivering world class virtual first cardiology care to our members in the Devoted Medical Heart  this role you will be working in a next generation virtual heart clinic that dramatically expands access to care for America's most vulnerable seniors.  

The clinic focuses on providing highly accessible, high quality care for members with general cardiology conditions. As part of the clinic you will also provide dedicated clinical services during part of your clinical time to our heart failure clinic which is a highly tailored, specialty center focused on providing best in class heart failure management including optimizing guideline directed medical therapy, providing health coaching, and managing volume overload.

You will be a key member of our interprofessional team. On a day-to-day basis you will work closely with heart failure RNs who are assigned as clinical guides for each patient in the heart failure clinic. You will also work closely with an interdisciplinary team including physicians, pharmacists, social workers and medical assistants.

You will utilize and help improve our home-grown technology and electronic health information platform to carry out virtual visits.
*** Responsibilities will include:
**** Conduct  focused and thorough assessments of patients with general cardiology and heart failure needs through virtual consultations including ordering diagnostics as needed, interpreting labs and imaging data, and developing a treatment plan in collaboration with the specialty care clinic team.  We expect that 80-90% of your time will be performing virtual visits.
* Formulate accurate diagnoses and develop individualized treatment plans for patients with heart failure and general cardiology clinical conditions, including medication management, volume monitoring and management,  and lifestyle modifications.
* Initiate, titrate, and manage guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT) for a diverse group of  members with heart failure.
* Provide proactive management of heart failure and comorbid conditions, and address potential barriers to optimal care to mitigate the risks of heart failure exacerbation and hospitalizations.
* Assess and intervene in weight fluctuations and acute volume overload management of patients who are enrolled in the clinic.
* Assess, diagnose, and manage the range of general cardiology conditions that are suitable for virtual care including stable coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, stable atrial arrhythmias, peripheral arterial disease and chronic venous disease. You will be ordering in-home diagnostics including echocardiograms, EKGs, and Holters and working with community cardiology practices for other diagnostics including stress testing and advanced cardiac imaging.
* Collaborate closely with other members of the care team including PCPs, cardiologists and other Devoted team members including pharmacy, clinical nursing, social work, as  well as interfacing with family members and caregivers to coordinate  holistic care for the member, to ensure continuity of care and deliver a collaborative care plan.
* Serve as the clinical advisor and provide clinical escalation support for the speciality clinic staff and other teams during business hours.
* Utilize our home grown electronic health information system for visits while also providing feedback on how to improve the interface.
* Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient medical records, ensuring compliance with relevant legal and ethical guidelines.
* Participate in quality improvement initiatives  and ongoing professional development to stay current on best practices and…