Advanced Practice Nurse- Part Time 16 hours/week

Altasciences; Gloucester Township (NJ); On-site; USD 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with automatic employer contrib

PTO and Paid Holidays

Job summary

Altasciences is seeking a Nursing Home Care APN in Blackwood, NJ. The APN will perform exams, order tests, document care, and collaborate with the care team to deliver high-quality healthcare to homebound patients.

Responsibilities include patient and family education, care plan development, and adherence to infection-control policies. Requires NJ licensure, BLS, ACLS, and 1–3 years outpatient experience with a valid driver’s license and willingness to drive up to 40 miles.

Qualifications

• Licensed as a NJ RN with current credentials.
• BLS and ACLS certifications required.
• 1-3 years outpatient care experience preferred.
• Valid driver's license and willingness to drive within 40 miles.

Responsibilities

• Conduct physical exams, consultations, and referrals.
• Order and interpret labs and diagnostic tests.
• Document findings and care plans in medical records.
• Ensure accurate coding and billing.
• Collaborate with care team to provide high-quality care.
• Assess patient and family understanding and provide counseling.
• Develop and implement patient management plans.
• Adhere to infection-control policies and regulations.
• Maintain professional knowledge through ongoing education.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Infection control

Medical documentation

Patient counseling

Education

NJ Medical License

BLS Certification

ACLS Certification

Job description

Located in:

Blackwood, New Jersey 08012

The Nursing Home Care APN promotes and maintains health by providing medical services to home bound patients of the medical group under the supervision of a physician.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Physical exams, consultations, and referrals.
• Ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Appropriately documents subjective and objective findings including assessment and plan in the patient’s medical record.
• Ensures accurate coding and billing
• Collaborates with the care team to provide each patient and their family the highest quality healthcare.
• Assessment of patient family knowledge and initiation of patient and family.
• Contributes to physician’s effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physician directives.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies, interpreting test results.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing; managing wounds and infections.
• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; discussing family planning; providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living; promoting wellness and health maintenance.
• Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Proper and complete medical documentation (without copy/paste) for all patient care in order to assure accuracy (above 80% with goal of 95%) of E/M coding – and closing/sign off after review of all patient charts in accordance with company policies. Failure to meet this essential job function can affect the eligibility for productivity/PCN (percent net collection) bonuses.
• Proper and complete medical documentation (without copy/paste) for all patient care in order to assure accuracy of HCC coding. Failure to meet this essential job function can affect the eligibility for VBC bonuses.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications or Education, Training and Experience

• Registration & Licensure by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Life Support (ACLS)
• 1-3 years’ experience in an outpatient care office required
• Active Drivers License
• Must be willing to drive within a radius of 40 miles

Featured Benefits

• 401K with automatic employer contribution.
• PTO and Paid Holidays..

The compensation range for this position is $55.00/hour– $65.00/hour. Compensation is based on the level and requirements of the role.

Salary within our ranges may also be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location, as required by the role, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data

Physical/Mental Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: walk, bend, sit, talk, lift, or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk and use hands and arms to operate general office equipment (PC, telephone, file cabinets, copier, postage meter, fax machine and printer). The employee may occasionally lift and/or move between 10 and 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. The employee may need to travel to healthcare practices.