What We Provide

• Personal and financial wellness programs  

• Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement  

• Internal mobility and advancement opportunities   

• Interdisciplinary network of colleagues through the VNS Health Social Services Community of Professionals 

What You Will Do  

• Manages and provides full scope of advanced nursing practice for targeted patient populations. Evaluates patient responses to therapy / interventions. Ensures revision of the inter-professional plan of care as necessary to achieve quality outcomes. 

• Identifies need for new/revised clinical protocols. Collaborates with physicians and others within the practice to develop protocols and provides training as appropriate. 

• Manages and provides comprehensive advanced nursing care including physical examination, comprehensive history, screening for physical and/or psychological conditions, emergent interventions, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, ordering treatments and DME, preventative health maintenance activities, care management, referrals, discharge planning, counseling and patient education. Establishes a treatment plan based on clinical findings and. Determines when further evaluation by collaborating physician, specialist or emergency care is warranted. 

• Collaborates with patients, families, primary care physicians and other team members to provide assessment and care planning. Assesses, plans, and provides intensive and continuous care management across client settings. 

• Manages and provides clinical services in compliance with standards of Patient-Centered Medical Home standards, meaningful use of medical record data, HEDIS and QARR quality of care measurements. 

Licenses and Certifications:

• License and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required
• Certificate (license) and current registration to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of New York, with a specialty in adult health, family health or gerontology required
• Valid driver's license, as determined by operational/regional needs may be required
• Maintains credentialed status with VNS Health Medical Care at Home and associated managed care plans required
• Maintains NPI, Medicaid and Medicare provider numbers preferred
• Maintains a collaborative practice agreement with a physician in compliance with New York State regulations preferred
• Must be certified by ANCC or another accrediting Nurse Practitioner body – in order to bill Medicare and meet credentialing requirements required
• For Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners only:
• Current PMHNP-BC certification required

Education:

• Master's Degree of Science in Nursing, or other graduate degree from a nurse practitioner educational program registered by the New York State Education Department as qualifying for NP certification (licensure) required
• Current ANCC or AANP certification as an adult, family or geriatric nurse practitioner required
• For Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners only:
• Master's Degree in psychiatric-mental health Nurse Practitioner required
• PhD in psychiatric-mental health Nurse Practitioner preferred

Work Experience:

• Minimum of two years of experience as a nurse practitioner utilizing full scope of practice preferred
• Clinical home care experience or two years managerial experience preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of Hedis and QARR quality measures, ICD-10 and CPT coding for reimbursement of services required
• Bilingual skills, as determined by operational needs required