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Molina Healthcare Nurse Practitioner - Care Connections Plus in Spokane, Washington
Job Description
Job Summary
The Care Connections Plus Nurse Practitioners focus primarily on urgent and primary care cases, with additional screening and preventive care services delivered in the home, community, and nursing facility settings. Provides needed care in the environment that patients feel most comfortable and are most receptive including home, nursing facilities, and “pop up” clinics.
The Care Connections Plus Nurse Practitioner will be required to work primarily in non-clinical settings and provide medical care to all levels of patients. They may focus on specific populations (e.g., adult and geriatric, pediatric, women’s health).
Job Duties
Responding to member needs requests, provide a variety of complex care services and coordination to various and/or specific patient levels – adults, women’s health, pediatric, and geriatric.
Manage members’ chronic conditions (such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia), which may be further complicated by comorbidities and require advanced clinical assessment and management skills.
Perform comprehensive evaluations including history and physical exams for episodic and primary care services as well as gaps in care and preventative assessments
Order appropriate tests/procedures for diagnostic purposes, formulate treatment plans including prescriptions in accordance with evidence-based guidelines, obtain specialists' consultations as needed, and do appropriate documentations as required.
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
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 home, skilled nursing facilities, and public locations.
Additionally, may perform face-to-face synchronous video communication 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
Actively participate in regional meetings
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:
Advanced computer skills. Proficient with Word, Excel, and Electronic Medical Record.
3-4 years’ experience as a nurse practitioner, ideally in primary care and/or urgent care setting
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 Nurse Practitioner
Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional certification
Current unrestricted driver’s license
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
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
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.
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Pay Range: $79,607.91 - $172,483.8 / ANNUAL
*Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.
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