Part Time Nurse Practitioner
The Local Health Guide is a licensed Nurse Practitioner who provides primary and urgent care in-person care (home, street, office setting) for individuals with serious mental illness that firsthand serves. This is a part-time role, estimated at working about 8-14 hours/week. This role is not benefits eligible.
The Local Health Guide is responsible for in-person whole person assessments, chronic care follow-up, and urgent care for our vulnerable population, collaborating closely with specialists psychiatric registered nurses, primary care nurse practitioners, and psychiatric nurse practitioners.
As a Local Health Guide, you will provide the following:
- Work at least three days per week of in-office or home care
- Assessing both behavioral and physical health conditions with a thorough history and in-person physical examination
- Capturing conditions not yet diagnosed, ordering additional studies where indicated to confirm or rule out the diagnosis
- Provide primary and urgent-care treatment to minimize preventable ER visits for conditions such as COPD exacerbations, uncontrolled diabetes, CHF exacerbations, Cold and Flu Symptoms, UTI, pain, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation
- As part of an interdisciplinary care team, collaborate regularly with certified peer recovery specialists (firsthand Guides) on individualized recovery plans
- Making individualized recommendations and/or referrals for programs/care provided by firsthand and/or outside providers, based on the assessed need
- Supporting individuals in developing and exercising self management skills and person-centered care around their individual goals and preferences via motivational interviewing and holistic care planning
- Organizing clinical information in a manner that supports appropriate clinical documentation and successful disability applications (if appropriate)
You will be a good fit if you have:
- Passion for in-person care
- High comfort level for home and community-based visits
- An interest in or experience working on interdisciplinary teams
- Natural ability to adapt to various assignments and dynamic goals
- Empathy, compassion, and approachability
- Excellent listening, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries in non-traditional work conditions and use engagement skills with a population with challenges in trusting health care
providers
The experience you bring to this role includes:
- 1+ years clinical care as a Nurse Practitioner, ideally in a home or community primary care setting, or emergency department
- Able to prescribe medications for behavioral health conditions including antipsychotics
- Working with and managing a population with challenges such as behavioral health and/or SUD conditions
- Care management and coordination
- Proficiency and ease with use of technology for documentation or coordination of care (e.g. electronic health or care management software, direct messaging)
Hourly Pay Rate:
$75 - $75 USD
We firmly believe that great candidates for this role may not meet 100% of the criteria listed in this posting. We encourage you to apply anyway - we look forward to begin getting to know you.
Benefits
For full-time employees, our compensation package includes base, equity (or a special incentive program for clinical roles) and performance bonus potential. Our benefits include physical and mental health, dental, vision, 401(k) with a match, 16 weeks parental leave for either parent, 15 days/year vacation in your first year (this increases to 20 days/year in your second year and beyond), and a supportive and inclusive culture.
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