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Full Time Permanent

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Geriatrics Nurse Practitioner

Amergis Locum Tenens

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Job description

Role Description:

The purpose of a Nurse Practitioner is to provide effective and equitable value-based primary care to adults on medicare to keep them happy, healthy, and out of the hospital. Nurse Practitioners see patients independently and collaborate with physicians, depending on the patient s specific situation. Nurse Practitioners provide longitudinal care and build meaningful patient relationships; this creates trust and helps our patients understand and feel connected to their care plan.

Nurse Practitioners practice in our outpatient practices on a collaborative care team composed of a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant, medical assistants, a dedicated medical scribe, and support from registered nurses and care managers. We partner with a network of elite specialists and hospitals for specialty and acute care. As such, our healthcare providers can focus on care within the clinic: primary care, care coordination, and population health.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Provision of exceptional primary care.

  • Conduct office visits for routine and acute issues.

  • Administer Annual wellness visits and health risk assessments, which require a holistic view of health and a focus on thoughtful, accurate, and specific documentation.

  • Care coordination with other providers, specialists, testing facilities, and agencies.

  • Population health leadership, in coordination with the Care Team (e.g., making sure all eligible females get their evidence-based breast cancer screening every 2 years)

  • Assisting the care team with phone triage and outreach.

  • Educating patients on their health conditions, care plans, and treatments.

  • Participating in Oak Street Health promotional activities.

  • Conducting home visits as needed.

  • Other duties, as assigned.

This role reports to the Center Medical Director and works closely with operational leadership.


Required Qualifications

  • Master of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, or NP Certificate Program graduate

  • National certification in at least one of the following specialties:

    • Family Nurse Practitioner

    • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

    • Adult Nurse Practitioner

    • Gerontological Nurse Practitioner

  • Active, non-probationary state Nurse Practitioner license

  • Active DEA license

  • US Work Authorization

  • Someone who embodies being Oaky

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in primary care: internal medicine, geriatrics, or family medicine

  • Understands HCC (Hierarchical Condition Categories) documentation, ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases-10) Coding, and Health Risk Assessments (HRAs).

  • Passion for teamwork and the opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally

  • Desires to be a part of an innovative model focused on empirically-guided population health

  • Bilingual proficiency in applicable areas

Benefits:

  • Competitive Salary

  • Quarterly bonus based on quality metrics

  • Paid vacation, sick time, and investment/ retirement 401K match options

  • Provided Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance

  • $5000 Continuing Medical Education stipend

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Provided Medical Malpractice Insurance

  • Dedicated Medical Scribe and Medical Assistant

  • Relocation package on a case-by-case basis