Nurse Practitioner - Northbrook, IL

Job Summary

Join a Top-Rated Healthcare Company Making a Difference in Senior Care!

 

WellBe Senior Medical was founded in 2019 to provide a more effective and personalized healthcare experience for patients living with chronic conditions. Our home-based medical visits nurture all aspects of a patient’s well-being so they can live better, feel healthier, and stay independent longer. With our mission at the forefront of everything we do, we aim to build our team with the most capable and compassionate individuals we can find. Named a Best Place to Work from Modern Healthcare, WellBe is a leading provider of in-home medical care and mental health services across the country!

 

Job Description

What APP – Nurse Practitioners Love About WellBe:

• Competitive salary and full benefits package. $112,100 - $156,200
• Meaningful, one-on-one care with your own patient panel.
• Mileage reimbursement

 

WellBe’s Culture is Welcoming:

• Be part of something important:
• Be part of pioneering a new way of healthcare that is revolutionizing the industry. 
• A patient-focused environment that ensures patients can live a fulfilling life whatever their health level is. Our focus is to give our patients more good days.
• Give yourself incredible opportunities:
• Work as part of a collaborative team with a strong team culture.
• Training in the WellBe model and team-based care. Full in-person orientation, vision, mission, and values introduction, and instilling cultural ideals.
• Empowerment and ownership for solving problems that arise and doing the right thing in each interaction.

 

Your APP – Nurse Practitioner Responsibilities:

 

• Will primarily support in-home, patient-facing visits to support patient care needs in the market.
• Performs primary care in home services, initial patient screenings/physical examinations, creates appropriate assessment/plan and completes documentation in a timely manner.
• Partners with other clinicians in the Care Community managing the health and wellbeing of patients living in their homes.
• Responsible for engaging attributed patients into the WellBe program and supporting care needs and efforts to keep patients engaged.
• Facilitates staff, patient, and family decision-making by providing educational resources.
• Addresses any urgent care needs of the patients as needed, including transition of care visits.
• Collaborates with community team to complete a full patient care assessment and plan.
• Orders, interprets, and analyzes diagnostic tests and determine the need for follow-up. appointments and further treatment options per state supervisory agreement.
• Prescribes and manage medications and treatments as appropriate, including but not limited to as psychopharmacological agents per state supervisory agreement.
• Updates patient records and check records for accuracy at each patient appointment.
• Delivers patient care and completes regular patient reviews with supervising physician per state supervisory agreement.
• Focuses clinical care delivery to support necessary items for documentation/coding, HEDIS measures, engagement of patients, and managing medical expenses.
• Utilizes all available resources to help care for patient needs and refers to internal/external resources as appropriate, such as WellBe behavioral health protocols.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and participate in regularly scheduled team meetings.
• Oher tasks needed to accomplish team’s objectives/goals.

Job Requirements

APP – Nurse Practitioner Qualifications

• Master’s Degree, Nursing with focus on Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner or Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner from an accredited, Nurse Practitioner program (required)
• Active, unencumbered Nurse Practitioner license in the state of job posting (IL) and must reside in state (required)
• Current board certification in your field with either ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center) or AANP (American Association of Nurse Practitioners) (required)
• BLS certified and an active NPI# as an NP (required)
• CPR certification (required)
• Active, unencumbered DEA licensure or eligibility to obtain (required)
• Have a valid driver’s license, car insurance, have access to a car and willingness to drive to patient homes as site of care delivery
• Requires proof of an active auto insurance policy (required)

 

APP – Nurse Practitioner Skills We Value

• 3+ years Nurse Practitioner experience (preferred), will consider new grads
• Prior healthcare experience in areas of medical assistant, certified nursing assistant, EMT/paramedic, lab assistant, registered nurse, or similar health care related roles (preferred)
• Previous experience in value-based care, home care, primary care, hospice, palliative care, or geriatrics strongly preferred, other complex patient health care experience also beneficial (preferred)
• Additional experience with telehealth care delivery (preferred)
• Requires homes visits to patients in a variety of residential settings
• Ability to conduct in- home setting visits and have previous experience on a telehealth platform
• Demonstrated role proficiency with Microsoft Office; Excel, Word, G-suite, etc.
• Proficient with office software, including Electronic Health Records, Scheduling Software and Ring Central applications

 

                     

Supervisory Responsibility: This position will have supervisory responsibility.

 

Travel requirements:  Travel may be required up to 100% locally to deliver patient care.

 

Work Conditions: Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.  Moving lifting or transferring of patients may involve lifting of up to 50lbs as well as assisting with weights of more than 100lbs.  Ability to stand for extended periods.

Ability to drive to patient locations (ie. home, hospital, SNF, etc).  Fine motor skills/Visual acuity.

 

The preceding functions may not be comprehensive in scope regarding work performed by an employee assigned to this position classification.  Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of this position.  Management also reserves the right to make reasonable accommodation so that a qualified employee(s) can perform the essential functions of this role.

 

Safety-Sensitive Statement:This position has been designated as safety-sensitive. As such, the employee must be able to perform job duties in a manner that ensures the safety of themselves, coworkers, patients, and the public. The role requires full cognitive and physical functioning at all times. Employees in safety-sensitive positions are subject to drug and alcohol testing, including for substances that may impair judgment or motor function, in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and company policy. Due to the safety-sensitive nature of this role and in alignment with federal law and workplace safety standards, the use of marijuana—including medical or recreational use—is prohibited. WellBe Senior Medicalwill comply with applicable state laws regarding medical marijuana and reasonable accommodations, where such laws do not conflict with safety requirements or federal regulations.

Drug Screening Requirement:As a condition of employment, WellBe Senior Medical requires all candidates to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening. Ongoing employment may also be contingent upon compliance with the company’s Drug-Free Workplace Policy, which includes random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug testing. The company reserves the right to test for substances that may impair an employee’s ability to safely and effectively perform their job duties.

Americans with Disabilities Act:WellBe Senior Medical is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you require an accommodation during the application or employment process, please contact Human Resources at HRPeopleLine@wellbe.com