Job Description
Job Summary
The Care Connections Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Nurse Practitioners focus on screening and preventive primary care services delivered in the community and assisted living/nursing facility settings.
The SNF NP will be required to work primarily in facilities and provide medical care to all levels of patients. The SNF NP will have specific focus on quality initiatives such as decreasing length of stay, pressure ulcers, and other clinical programs.
Perform comprehensive medical assessments, order appropriate tests/procedures for diagnostic purposes, formulate treatment plans, obtain specialists' consultations as needed, and do appropriate documentations as required.
Job Duties/Essential Job Functions
- Provide general medical care and care coordination to various and/or specific patient levels - adults, women's health, pediatric, and geriatric.
- Perform comprehensive evaluations including history and physical exams for gaps in care and preventative assessments
- Address both chronic and acute primary care complaints, and able to ascertain medical urgency
- Establish and document reasonable medical diagnoses
- Seek specialty consultation as appropriate
- Order/perform pertinent diagnostic laboratory and radiology testing for the medical diagnosis or presenting symptom; able to work within an environment of limited resources and therefore uses diagnostic tests judiciously and appropriately
- The NP is responsible for knowing when a patient needs nurse practitioner or physician oversight and when the patient's medical condition may be beyond the scope of knowledge of the NP.
- Create and implements a medical plan of care
- Schedule patient appointments for in-person visits when appropriate
- Provide post discharge coordination to reduce hospital readmission rates and emergency room utilization
- Perform face-to-face in-person visits in a variety of settings including assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and other facility locations
- Integrating into care provided for Molina residents by being initial point of contact for change of conditions during business hours
- Routinely reviewing and updating medications and care plans to ensure consistent with latest evidence or best practices and the resident's wishes and goals
- Completing RCA with facility team for events impacting the VBR measures
- Collaborating with facility staff including residents, their designated Resident Representatives or family members, Attending and consulting physicians
- Working collaboratively with Network Clinical Care Manager to track VBR progress and opportunities for early intervention at the resident level, as well as facility system-wide
- Providing just in time feedback and education to the staff on best clinical practices
- Additionally, may perform face-to-face synchronous video communications based on business need, leadership direction, and state regulations
- Order bulk laboratory orders to target specific populations of member.
- Perform alternating on-call coverage to triage any urgent lab results and pharmacy inquiries and develop appropriate plan of care
- Participate in community-based -Pop Up Clinics- as way of building relationship with community while addressing gaps in health care
- Drive up to 120 miles a day on a regular basis to a wide variety of locations and neighborhoods within the assigned region. There may be drives beyond 120 miles as part of Extended Mileage Special Project days.
- Obtain and maintain cross state license in other states besides home state based on business need.
- Collaborate with fellow nurse practitioners to develop best practices to efficiently and effectively perform work duties
- Prescribe medications and perform procedures as appropriate
- Perform timely documentation in medical records in an electronic medical record computer system
- On occasion, may be required to walk flights of stairs while carrying up to 50 lbs. of equipment
Job Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Master's degree in family health from accredited nursing program
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- 1-2 years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner.
- Advanced computer skills. Proficient with Word, Excel, and Electronic Medical Record.
REQUIRED LICENSE, CERTIFICATION, ASSOCIATION:
- An active and unrestricted national certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; American Nurses Credentialing Center
- Current state-issued license to practice as a Family, Adult Gerontology, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional certification
- Current unrestricted driver's license
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- 3-5-year experience as a Nurse Practitioner, ideally in a SNF or inpatient setting
- Previous experience in home health as a licensed clinician, especially in management of chronic conditions
- Experience with underserved populations facing socioeconomic barriers to health care
- Fluency in a language in addition to English is plus
- Immunization and point of care testing skills
STATE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
Engage in practices constituting the practice of medicine in collaboration with and under the medical direction and supervision of a licensed physician to the degree required by state laws. May also function as and perform all duties reasonably expected and assigned to an RN such medication administration.
To all current Molina employees: If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply through the intranet job listing.
Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V.
Pay Range: $79,607.9 - $172,483.79 / ANNUAL
*Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.
