Nurse Practitioner

Optimal Care • Saginaw, MI • 2d ago

As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our Patients and Families every day. We are the Midwest's premier provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care. Our integrated care delivery model incorporates technology, innovation and best practices. We produce value based outcomes by managing chronic disease process, rehabilitation and end of life care.

What does this mean for you? At Optimal Care, you have our resolute commitment to being an exceptional place to work. Your expertise, passion and commitment to exceptional quality care will continue to thrive. With you we can build a remarkable place to work. Optimal Care is where your dedication meets a rewarding career.

Award winning health care services provider. We are recognized as a top place to work for dedicated, skilled health care professionals and as a leader in the Midwest for delivering exceptional, patient-centered Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care.

Exceptional Benefits:

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k) Retirement Plan

Mileage Reimbursement

Company Vehicle Program

Cutting Edge Technology

Key Responsibilities

Nurse Practitioners provide primary and/or consultative professional care in a variety of care settings. The Nurse Practitioner will function in collaboration with physicians according to a Collaboration Arrangement. The Nurse Practitioner practice will focus on caring for geriatric and seriously ill populations to assist patients and families with comfort and quality of life.

In this role you will be responsible for:

Conducting medical evaluations of predominantly elderly, frail, seriously ill patients in their home environment

Determining follow up assessments according to patient need and best practice guidelines

Communicating significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the clinical coordinator, the physician, family, facility and other personnel involved with patient care

Assessing health status by obtaining relevant health and medical history.

Performing a physical exam based upon the age and patient history as per the Standard Care Arrangement with a collaborating physician

Ordering, interpreting and evaluating laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies to assess patient's clinical problems and health care needs

Performing diagnostic of therapeutic interventions consistent with certification, law and state medical privileges

Prescribing and monitoring medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through the appropriate State Board Agency

Developing a treatment plan in collaboration with the patient and caregivers

Referring patients to physicians as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment

Ensuring continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multidisciplinary care team or with other specialty areas

Providing patients and families an understanding of the diagnosis and disease progression while decreasing unnecessary emergency room and hospital visits

Holding case conferences with families when appropriate to advance the care plan

Meeting minimum productivity requirements based on practice standard.

Required Qualifications

Graduate of an accredited Certificate, Diploma, Associate or Baccalaureate School of Nursing

Master's or doctoral degree as a Board-Certified Nu

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