Nurse Practitioner | Urgent & Emergent Care | Hybrid
DirectShifts
San Mateo, CA, USA
Posted on Monday, September 5, 2022
About the Role:
90% remote and 10% in the field, NPs (Urgent and Emergent care).
Key responsibilities for Nurse Practitioner, NP:
- Triage, diagnose, and treat patients at home or via our virtual care platform
- Function as day-to-day clinical leader, providing decision support, directing the multidisciplinary team
- Determine need for non-urgent and urgent visits in the patient’s home or virtually to avoid unnecessary ED visits and hospital admissions
- Provide a positive patient experience including quality of care recommended and tone/messaging with which care is delivered
- Coordinate with other physicians across the continuum of care, including PCP, hospitalist, and SNF providers to smooth transitions and prevent readmissions
- Participate in the on-call provider schedule to provide coverage for our 24/7 patient hotline as defined by clinical processes and procedures. This will require after hours and weekend availability via phone on a recurring basis
Our ideal candidate for Nurse Practitioner, NP:
- Experience in providing urgent and emergent care, managing complex, polychronic patients
- Demonstrated expertise in caring for patients with high acuity and high probability for a rapid change in condition to effectively screen, monitor and treat a patient in their home
- Dedication to transforming care for patients wherever they call home
- Ability to support and provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team
- Excellent written, computer, and oral communication skills - communicate with clinical team thoroughly and proactively
Key Competencies for Nurse Practitioner, NP:
- Ideal candidate has a minimum of 5 years experience as a provider
- Ideal Candidate has California Advanced Nursing License
- A valid driver’s license and auto liability insurance
- Willingness to travel when necessary, responsibilities are mainly performed virtuall