Nurse Practitioner

Position Title : Nurse Practitioner

Company Overview :

Upward Health is an in-home, multidisciplinary medical group providing 24 / 7 whole-person care. Our clinical team treats physical, behavioral, and social health needs when and where a patient needs help. Everyone on our team from our doctors, nurses, and Care Specialists to our HR, Technology, and Business Services staff are driven by a desire to improve the lives of our patients. We are able to treat a wide range of needs everything from addressing poorly controlled blood sugar to combatting anxiety to accessing medically tailored meals because we know that health requires care for the whole person. Its no wonder 98% of patients report being fully satisfied with Upward Health!

Job Title & Role Description :

The  Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for providing high-quality, patient-centered, comprehensive primary care. Utilizing Upward Healths proprietary Facilitated Virtual Care platform, the NP delivers care that improves outcomes and reduces costs for patients with complex diagnoses and co-morbid, chronic conditions. This role primarily involves virtual patient care with periodic or as needed in-person care to support transitions of care, annual wellness visits, risk adjustments, primary care needs, and urgent visits. The NP collaborates closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide whole-person care to our patients in their homes.

Key Responsibilities :

• Triage, diagnose, and treat patients in person or via our virtual care platform.
• Serve as a day-to-day clinical leader, providing decision support and directing the multidisciplinary team under the guidance of the Medical Director.
• Conduct primary care, urgent visits, and annual wellness exams, ensuring all appropriate screening tests and quality measures are addressed.
• Refer patients appropriately for behavioral health and specialty services.
• Coordinate care transitions to prevent hospital readmissions by collaborating with PCPs, hospitalists, and SNF providers.
• Participate in the on-call provider schedule to support the 24 / 7 patient hotline, requiring after-hours and weekend availability on a rotating and recurring basis.
• Foster a collaborative working environment with all members of the interdisciplinary team, contributing to daily huddles, team meetings, and patient discussions.
• Monitor and respond to remote patient data collected through monitoring devices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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Upward Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting, retaining, and maximizing the performance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. This job description is a general outline of duties performed and is not to be misconstrued as encompassing all duties performed within the position.

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