Geriatrics Nurse Practioner - Flexible Shifts, inpatient, outpatient, and remote telehealth

Prospect Healthcare is a physician practice Management Company specializing in making house calls to geriatric and disabled patients, is seeking either a full-time or part-time Nurse Practitioner to provide at-home primary care. Our patients are primarily Medicare recipients who appreciate the care that we provide. We currently have openings in Chicago & surrounding suburbs.

Responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively with patients, caregivers, agency nurses, other providers, and vendors as necessary to assure proper diagnosis and treatment.
• Assess complex individuals using a range of different diagnostic methods.
• Make specific interventions based on evidence, when appropriate to assess needs.
• Actively promote preventative care and early intervention.
• Perform minor surgical procedures (i.e. debridements, etc.) when required.
• Listen to patients, ask questions, and address their needs. Actively display compassion and empathy.
• Evaluate patient medication and write/order prescriptions as needed.
• Complete all required documentation of each patient visit thoroughly, in accordance with procedure.
• Sign all care plans, nursing orders, medical equipment orders and other necessary paperwork in a timely manner.

Benefits to Working at Prospect Healthcare, Inc

• We will cover your malpractice insurance.
• You will have the support of a team of staff, who will schedule your visits, market for new patients, answer your phone calls, order medical supplies, bill the visits, perform quality assurance checks, carry out orders and handle a variety of other duties.
• You can have a positive work/life balance, with no mandatory weekends!
• Overall, we let you focus solely on the clinical aspect.

About Prospect Healthcare

Prospect Healthcare is a rapidly growing, recession-resistant company. We are headquartered in Lombard. We take many tests and procedures typically performed in the physician's office, and perform them directly in the patients' homes. These tests include phlebotomy, debridements, echocardiograms, carotid dopplers, arterial and venous dopplers, general ultrasounds, and x-rays.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Medical specialties:

• Geriatrics
• Home Health
• Internal Medicine
• Pain Medicine
• Primary Care
• Wound Care

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: On the road