Lead, Nurse Practitioner (DaVita IKC)

DaVita is looking for an NP Lead. The Lead, Nurse Practitioner ("NP Lead") functions autonomously, yet in collaboration with all members of the healthcare team to coordinate and facilitate quality, cost-effective care while minimizing fragmentation of the healthcare delivery system for ESKD and/or CKD patients.

The NP Lead will focus on improving clinical outcomes, care delivery, goal setting, and onboarding new NPs. The NP Lead will join us in the AR, AL, and W. TN market.

Position Description: NP Lead will train and mentor Nurse Practitioners, Support Nurse Practitioners to complete CHEs (Comprehensive Health Evaluations). When seeing patients, complete comprehensive office visits on the go- primary care focused visits (chair-side in dialysis clinic, in-person visits and telehealth). See and manage complex patients in a short amount of time- 30 minutes.

Location: Round and Travel within an assigned geography to support NPs (trainings, meetings, and shadowing) and patients as needed.

Home Office, High Speed Internet and Reliable Transportation Required.

Position Goal: To prevent hospitalizations. Drive innovation and CHE completion.

Position Details:

• Complete Comprehensive Health Assessments (80%) of the time when seeing patients.

• Train and mentor NPs. Lead meetings and trainings.

• Focused on innovation, problem solving and change management.

• Drive CHE completion, committed to quality and quantity.

• Support NP engagement and partnerships with Nephrology Practices.

• Monday- Friday schedule with the ability to accommodate Teammates, patients and nephrology partner's availability. Must be flexible.

• Holistic management of patient conditions, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and consultation.

• Partner to identify and eliminate social determinants of healthcare for your patients

• CME reimbursement, Paid License renewals & many other benefits

About You:

• You accept that things change quickly in a start-up environment and are willing to pivot quickly on priorities

• You excel at developing and fostering strong patient and family relationships that center on engagement, trust, honesty, empathy, follow-through and doing what's best for the patient

• You are passionate about Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• You want to be on the cutting edge of value-based care

Qualifications:

• Current license to practice in the state of practice

• 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

• Minimum of two (2) years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner (NP)

• Preferred experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner (NP), Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NP), or experience in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology

• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluationof chronic patientsrequired

• Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook required

• Must be willing and able to complete home visits as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NP), or experience in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology or Case Management

• Spanish-speaking preferred in some markets

• Experience in managing chronic diseases (CHF, diabetes, hypertension, diabetes)

• Manage pop. Health (hospitalization)

As the NP Lead you will perform Comprehensive Health Evaluations during patient visits in dialysis clinics, hospitals, when necessary to provide service to identify 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.

As the lead you will act as the clinical lead for a team of NPs; assist with onboarding new NP's; complete ongoing training for NPs through clinical best practice exercisesand provide ongoing support to other NPs.

DaVita IKC (Integrated Kidney Care) is comprised of an innovative team who is committed to improving patient outcomes and improving quality of life. Come work with a team of passionate professionals to transform kidney care through a value-based, person-centered, comprehensive approach to kidney care.

DaVita Integrated Kidney Care (DaVita IKC) is an the integrated care division of DaVita Inc. working on DaVita's vision to provide integrated care to all ESRD patients, who are some of the most medically complex and vulnerable patient populations in the US. Our more than 600 dedicated nurses, care coordinators, nurse practitioners (NPs) and business professionals integrate and manage care for more than 20,000 patients with late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD) across the US each month.

We've proven that integrating care achieves the triple aim of improved patient quality of life, better outcomes and lower total cost of care. What sets DaVita IKC apart is that we not only provide great care management but we start with our heart with our patients and each other. We focus on creating both a great experience for our patients and a special place to work for our teammates.

We're on a mission to revolutionize kidney care, with a vision of making integrated care the standard of care for all renal patients. To help us achieve our vision, we're investing extensively in developing both our model of care and our team. When you join DaVita IKC, you're joining a compassionate team committed to quality patient care. Through our commitment to training, growth and quality we consistently achieve superior clinical outcomes while giving teammates the opportunity to excel in an award-winning environment that enables them to thrive both professionally and personally.

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Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Salary/ Wage Range

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits

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