Nurse Practitioner- White Plains, NY - Hybrid Remote

Location: Hybrid-Remote. Work from home (telehealth) and travel within an assigned geography including Dialysis Clinics and Nephrology Practices in Stamford, South Norwalk, New Haven (CT), Yonkers, and White Plains (NY). Must live locally.

About the role

As an Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will support some of our most complex patients, assisting them in navigating a challenging healthcare system. You’ll focus on delivering holistic, integrated care to improve the quality of life for kidney patients. The NP provides comprehensive healthcare, both in-person and via telehealth, across the many co-morbid chronic conditions common to CKD/ESKD patients within a designated market or geographical region.

The NP functions autonomously, yet in collaboration with all members of the healthcare team to provide, coordinate, and facilitate quality, cost-effective care while minimizing fragmentation of the healthcare delivery system for their patients. The NP assumes a clinical leadership role and coordinates activities with the healthcare team and healthcare systems to meet the health needs of their patients.

Responsibilities

• Perform enhanced annual wellness visits or Comprehensive Health Evaluations (CHEs) to identify and evaluate patients’ co-morbid conditions and assist with patients’ needs, including but not limited to medical, social, emotional, and financial concerns through medical record review, consultation with patient, family, and healthcare team members.
• Manage complex patients, focusing on reducing hospitalizations and improving health outcomes.
• Manage the care of CKD/ESKD patients, focusing on delaying disease progression (CKD), medical cost/utilization, and preventing/reducing hospitalizations through proactive post-discharge planning and follow-up with high-risk patients.
• Leverage prescriptive authority, medication management, ordering/interpretation of labs/diagnostics, and collaboration with other providers.

Requirements

• Passion for delivering care to patients with complex, chronic illnesses.
• Minimum of two (2) years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner (NP).
• Current unrestricted NP license to practice in the state of CT. License in NY or ability to obtain after 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.
• Current valid driver’s license and insurance within the state of residence.
• Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessment and management of complex comorbidities, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation regarding the needs and care of chronic disease.
• Strong clinical judgment and confidence in autonomous decision-making while practicing within established protocols and evidence-based guidelines.
• Home office, high-speed internet, and reliable transportation required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Value Based Care or Population Health, including documenting and coding from a Medicare Advantage (MA) risk perspective and conducting Health Risk Assessments on high-risk/chronically ill patients.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NP), or experience in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology, or Case Management.
• Experience managing population health (hospitalization).
• Prior experience with Cerner or similar EHR system.

Schedule

• Monday–Friday schedule with the ability to accommodate patient and nephrology partner’s availability. Must be flexible.
• Full-time, self-managed schedule.
• No nights, weekends, or on-call.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $118,000.00 – $135,000.00 per year. Compensation depends on qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out.
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access to Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave, and more.
• Professional development programs: Career growth opportunities, on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.
• CEU/CME reimbursement and paid license renewals.