Nurse Practitioner

Overview: 

ArchCare cares for people of all ages and faiths where they are most comfortable and best able to receive it – at home, in the community and in nursing homes. As the Continuing Care Community of the Archdiocese of New York, we see enhancing the lives of our elders and others who need extra help to stay healthy and live life to its fullest as more than just a job. To us, it’s a privilege and our calling. 

ArchCare Senior Life (PACE) is a long-term Medicaid/Medicare plan designed specifically for seniors who need nursing home level care but want to stay at home. With PACE, participants have a dedicated Care Team to coordinate everything, so they are able to live comfortably where they are, knowing they'll get the coordinated care they need. PACE provides and coordinates care at our Wellness Centers, in patients' homes, and in other settings.

Benefits/Perks: 

• Includes accrued vacation days, sick days, and holidays. 
• Participation in 403 (b) 
• Voluntary Benefits: Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, Cancer Insurance, Pet Insurance 
• Discounted membership: Plum Benefits 
• Pay for work-related eligible commuter expenses with pre-tax dollars 

PACE Perks:

• Opportunity to learn from other disciplines, which enhances your individual clinical practice
• Team supports your efforts, and you get to support them as well
• Your work results in most participants being able to live in their own homes and communities, instead of living in a skilled nursing facility - this provides the highest quality of life for participants, as they can continue to be active members of their community

Responsibilities:

• Provides initial and ongoing participant assessment, care plan development implementation of care plan for participants living in community, congregate, adult home or skilled nursing facility settings.
  • Responsible for full assessment of participants including obtaining health records, performing physical and mental evaluations, evaluating diagnostic tests, and reporting findings and identifying status changes.
  • Performs complete analysis and assessments of participants including recognizing abnormal findings in testing, exercising clinical judgement and interpreting screenings and other diagnostic tests in accordance with medical standards of care.
  • Monitors ongoing and chronic health problems, anticipating needs and in collaboration with physicians, prescribes and adjusts medication within current practice guidelines and notifies appropriate teams.
  • Appropriately orders consultations with specialists as indicated, outreaches to consultants to request specific goals, reviews recommendations from consultants, takes action as clinically appropriate, and documents timely.
  • Provides ongoing education, counseling and guidance with participants and families including goals of care and participates in family meetings.
  • Monitors care and evaluates effectiveness of individual care plans while making appropriate revisions and notifying family and caregivers
  • Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team and participates in development of comprehensive plan of care and ongoing monitoring of participants' health status.
  • Participates in clinical administrator on-call rotation.
  • Documents in a timely fashion consistent with CMS standards in ASL EMR.
  • Travels to participant homes and their congregate homes and/or facilities to help bridge care in the community.
   
  Job Type: Full-Time

Qualifications: 

• ANCC certification 
• Current NY State RN License and Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber License 

Education: 

• Master’s degree in nursing with completion of accredited program for Nurse Practitioners 

Salary: $140,000 to $160,000 per year