Specialty Care Nurse Practitioner - Cardiology (Heart Center)

Devoted Health • Waltham, MA

1d • $120,000 - $155,000 • Remote

About The Position

This position represents an amazing opportunity for an experienced nurse practitioner (APRN) with a big heart and entrepreneurial spirit with extensive clinical experience offering care for cardiology patients. Your primary focus will be delivering world class virtual first cardiology care to our members in the Devoted Medical Heart Center. In this role you will be working in a next generation virtual heart clinic that dramatically expands access to care for America's most vulnerable seniors. The clinic focuses on providing highly accessible, high quality care for members with general cardiology conditions. As part of the clinic you will also provide dedicated clinical services during part of your clinical time to our heart failure clinic which is a highly tailored, specialty center focused on providing best in class heart failure management including optimizing guideline directed medical therapy, providing health coaching, and managing volume overload. You will be a key member of our interprofessional team. On a day-to-day basis you will work closely with heart failure RNs who are assigned as clinical guides for each patient in the heart failure clinic. You will also work closely with an interdisciplinary team including physicians, pharmacists, social workers and medical assistants. You will utilize and help improve our home-grown technology and electronic health information platform to carry out virtual visits.

Requirements

• APRN with 5 or more years working in outpatient or inpatient cardiology clinical practice.
• Experience performing visits over telehealth video platforms.
• An active and clear RN and APRN license in the state of Ohio as well as APRN certification is required at time of hire and must be maintained while employed at Devoted Medical.
• Active BLS is required at time of hire and must be maintained while employed at Devoted Medical.
• Multi-state licensure is required in addition to a willingness to obtain, and maintain additional licensure as requested.

Nice To Haves

• Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner Certification is a plus.
• An understanding of managed care is a plus, including how to appropriately assess STARS/HEDIS measures, code clinical comorbidities, and identify clinical care gaps.
• A strong desire to continue practicing clinical nursing and performing virtual visits - you believe in the mission of bringing care to where the patient lives.
• Extra interest in bilingual Spanish or Haitian Creole speakers or strong cultural competencies across a range of cultures.

Responsibilities

• Conduct focused and thorough assessments of patients with general cardiology and heart failure needs through virtual consultations including ordering diagnostics as needed, interpreting labs and imaging data, and developing a treatment plan in collaboration with the specialty care clinic team. We expect that 80-90% of your time will be performing virtual visits.
• Formulate accurate diagnoses and develop individualized treatment plans for patients with heart failure and general cardiology clinical conditions, including medication management, volume monitoring and management, and lifestyle modifications.
• Initiate, titrate, and manage guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT) for a diverse group of members with heart failure.
• Provide proactive management of heart failure and comorbid conditions, and address potential barriers to optimal care to mitigate the risks of heart failure exacerbation and hospitalizations.
• Assess and intervene in weight fluctuations and acute volume overload management of patients who are enrolled in the clinic.
• Assess, diagnose, and manage the range of general cardiology conditions that are suitable for virtual care including stable coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, stable atrial arrhythmias, peripheral arterial disease and chronic venous disease. You will be ordering in-home diagnostics including echocardiograms, EKGs, and Holters and working with community cardiology practices for other diagnostics including stress testing and advanced cardiac imaging.
• Collaborate closely with other members of the care team including PCPs, cardiologists and other Devoted team members including pharmacy, clinical nursing, social work, as well as interfacing with family members and caregivers to coordinate holistic care for the member, to ensure continuity of care and deliver a collaborative care plan.
• Serve as the clinical advisor and provide clinical escalation support for the speciality clinic staff and other teams during business hours.
• Utilize our home grown electronic health information system for visits while also providing feedback on how to improve the interface.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient medical records, ensuring compliance with relevant legal and ethical guidelines.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and ongoing professional development to stay current on best practices and advancements in cardiovascular care.
• Adhere to all relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, including patient privacy and telehealth regulations.

Benefits

• Employer sponsored health, dental and vision plan with low or no premium
• Generous paid time off
• $100 monthly mobile or internet stipend
• Stock options for all employees
• Bonus eligibility for all roles excluding Director and above; Commission eligibility for Sales roles
• Parental leave program
• 401K program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed