Advanced Clinical Practice Team Supervisor - Per Diem- Upstate NY- Albany, Schenectady - VNS Health : Job Details

Overview

VNS Health Advanced Practice Team Supervisors bring Nurse Practitioner expertise to redefine the standard of patient-centered care for New Yorkers while keeping them out of the crowded hospital system so they can heal and age where they are most comfortable- in their homes and community. These clinicians provide primary and palliative care across multiple phases of patients' life journey through home visits for acute, annual, urgent, and end of life care as well as virtual visits to manage chronic conditions. Be part of our 130-year history and innovative Future of Care built by visiting nurses like you.

Compensation:

$58.30 - $77.72 Hourly

What We Provide

* Attractive sign-on bonus and referral bonus opportunities

* Generous paid time off, starting at 30 days of paid time off and 9 company holidays

* Health insurance plan for you and your loved ones, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability

* Employer-matched retirement saving funds

* Personal and financial wellness programs

* Pre-tax flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care

* Generous tuition reimbursement for qualifying degrees

* Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement

* Internal mobility, generous tuition reimbursement, CEU credits, and advancement opportunities

* Interdisciplinary network of colleagues through the VNS Health Social Services Community of Professionals

What You Will Do

* Manages and provides full scope of advanced nursing practice for targeted patient populations. Evaluates patient responses to therapy / interventions. Ensures revision of the inter-professional plan of care as necessary to achieve quality outcomes.

* Identifies need for new/revised clinical protocols. Collaborates with physicians and others within the practice to develop protocols and provides training as appropriate.

* Manages and provides comprehensive advanced nursing care including physical examination, comprehensive history, screening for physical and/or psychological conditions, emergent interventions, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, ordering treatments and DME, preventative health maintenance activities, care management, referrals, discharge planning, counseling and patient education. Establishes a treatment plan based on clinical findings and. Determines when further evaluation by collaborating physician, specialist or emergency care is warranted.

* Collaborates with patients, families, primary care physicians and other team members to provide assessment and care planning. Assesses, plans, and provides intensive and continuous care management across client settings.

* Manages and provides clinical services in compliance with standards of Patient-Centered Medical Home standards, meaningful use of medical record data, HEDIS and QARR quality of care measurements.

For Mental Health only:

* Conducts psychosocial assessments of interventions patients and develops treatment recommendations. Determines whether further evaluation by a collaborating psychiatrist is needed.

* Provides the following services to patients: advocacy, psychoeducation, psychopharmacology, cognitive/behavioral interventions, monitoring of mental status, emotional support, brief psychotherapy and family-based interventions.

* Supports and educates VNS Health staff and caregivers to enable them to better care for patients with psychiatric, cognitive, and/or behavioral challenges.

* Consults with a collaborating psychiatrist as necessary to develop psychiatric evaluation and treatment plans.

* Consults with the referrer on assessment, recommendations, and updates on treatment progress.

* Follows treatment plans, revising and updating them as necessary, makes appropriate referrals for additional mental health services and provides crisis intervention as required.

* Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, case conferences and clinical supervision; attends in-service education programs.

Qualifications

* Master's degree of Science in Nursing, or other graduate degree from a nurse practitioner educational program registered by the New York State Education Department as qualifying for NP certification (licensure), required.

* Current ANCC or AANP certification as an adult, family or geriatric nurse practitioner, required.

* Minimum of two years of experience as a nurse practitioner utilizing full scope of practice, preferred.

* Clinical home care experience or two years managerial experience, preferred.

* Demonstrated knowledge of Hedis and QARR quality measures, ICD-10 and CPT coding for reimbursement of services, required.

* Bilingual skills, as determined by operational needs

For Mental Health only:

* Master's degree in psychiatric-mental health Nurse Practitioner required.

* PhD in psychiatric-mental health Nurse Practitioner, preferred.

* Minimum of two years of experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner utilizing full scope of practice

* Must be able to walk up and down steps to access patient residences and transport required supplies weighing approximately 25 - 30 lbs.