Large managed care company looking to fill a contract Nurse Practitioner role to conduct home health assessments.

-$100/per visit

-Talladega, AL

\- Milage compensation. 70 cents per mile.

-Part time. You pick your schedule!

-Contract ends 12/31/2025

• Perform health risk assessments which are essentially history and physicals done within the patient’s home or on occasion in nursing home or other health facility
• Clinical documentation of acute, chronic, and long-term healthcare issues through patient encounter in EMR system; Documentation must be accurate, high quality, and completed in a timely manner
• Provider will ensure all appropriate consent forms are signed and dated
• Provider will have frequent interaction with patients, coders, schedulers, and supervising physician
• The provider will educate patients and/or patient’s family on chronic medical conditions, preventative care, and medication adherence compliance
• Provider will complete referrals to case management, nursing, pharmacy, etc. as needed
• Provider will participate in clinical meetings and compliance trainings which are primarily web based; however, provider will occasionally be required to attend on-site training
• Provider will not be required to prescribe medicine nor order any lab or diagnostic testing
• Provider will occasionally need to obtain samples for diagnostic screening tests such as finger stick for HgbA1C, LDL, and Lead levels; urine analysis may also be required based on client need.
• Provider will be responsible to review patient records for past and present health issues
• Provider will need to collaborate with the supervising physician and other members of health care team
• Provider must be able to interpret laboratory data and diagnostic testing when available to assist in diagnosis of medical conditions
• As part of the assessment, the provider must do ADL and Fall Risk evaluation, Depression and Nutritional Health Screening, BMI evaluation, and medication reconciliation
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervising physician such as perform examinations using equipment for diabetic retinal exams, bone density, etc.