Nurse Practitioner - Hybrid Remote - Long Island, NY

About the role

The IKC Nurse Practitioner (NP) supports complex patients, assisting them in navigating a challenging healthcare system. They deliver holistic, integrated care to improve the quality of life for kidney patients, focusing on delaying disease progression, managing medical costs, and preventing hospitalizations.

Responsibilities

• Supports patients with complex, chronic illnesses through enhanced annual wellness visits and Comprehensive Health Evaluations (CHEs).
• Manages the care of CKD/ESKD patients, focusing on reducing hospitalizations and improving health outcomes.
• Leverages prescriptive authority, medication management, ordering/interpreting labs/diagnostics, and collaborating with other providers.
• Provides care both in-person and via telehealth, coordinating with the healthcare team and healthcare systems to meet patients' health needs.
• Assists with patient and nephrology partners' availability, accommodating their schedules.
• Works full-time, self-managed schedule with flexibility in hours.
• Performs clinical assessments and management of complex comorbidities, ensuring quality patient care.
• Leverages experience in Value-Based Care or Population Health, including documenting and coding from a Medicare Advantage risk perspective.

Requirements

• Minimum of two (2) years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner (NP).
• Current unrestricted NP license to practice in Connecticut - License in New York or eligibility to obtain within 90 days of hire.
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license required or eligible to obtain within 90 days of hire.
• Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel & Outlook.
• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessment and management of complex comorbidities, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation.
• Strong clinical judgment and confidence in autonomous decision-making while practicing within established protocols and evidence-based guidelines.
• Preferred experience working in Value Based Care or Population Health, conducting Health Risk Assessments on high-risk/chronically ill patients.
• Experience in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology, or Case Management.
• Experience managing population health (hospitalization).
• Experience with Cerner or similar EHR system.

Qualifications

• Passion for delivering care to patients with complex, chronic illnesses.
• Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel & Outlook.
• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessment and management of complex comorbidities, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation.
• Strong clinical judgment and confidence in autonomous decision-making while practicing within established protocols and evidence-based guidelines.
• Preferred experience working in Value Based Care or Population Health, conducting Health Risk Assessments on high-risk/chronically ill patients.
• Experience in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology, or Case Management.
• Experience managing population health (hospitalization).
• Experience with Cerner or similar EHR system.

Skills

• Passion for delivering care to patients with complex, chronic illnesses.
• Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel & Outlook.
• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessment and management of complex comorbidities, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation.
• Strong clinical judgment and confidence in autonomous decision-making while practicing within established protocols and evidence-based guidelines.
• Preferred experience working in Value Based Care or Population Health, conducting Health Risk Assessments on high-risk/chronically ill patients.
• Experience in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology, or Case Management.
• Experience managing population health (hospitalization).
• Experience with Cerner or similar EHR system.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and excellent benefit package.
• CEU/CME reimbursement + Paid License renewals & many other benefits.

Pay

$118,000.00 - $135,000.00/year

Schedule

Full-Time, self-managed schedule with flexibility in hours.