Advanced Practice Clinician (Hybrid)

Company: VNS Health
Location: Albany
Posted on: April 8, 2025

Job Description:

Overview VNS Health Advanced Practice Team Supervisors bring Nurse Practitioner expertise to redefine the standard of patient-centered care for New Yorkers while keeping them out of the crowded hospital system so they can heal and age where they are most comfortable- in their homes and community. These clinicians provide primary and palliative care across multiple phases of patients' life journey through home visits for acute, annual, urgent, and end of life care as well as virtual visits to manage chronic conditions. Be part of our 130-year history and innovative Future of Care built by visiting nurses like you. What You Will Do

• Manages and provides full scope of advanced nursing practice for targeted patient populations. Evaluates patient responses to therapy / interventions. Ensures revision of the inter-professional plan of care as necessary to achieve quality outcomes.
• Identifies need for new/revised clinical protocols. Collaborates with physicians and others within the practice to develop protocols and provides training as appropriate .
• Manages and provides comprehensive advanced nursing care including physical examination, comprehensive history, screening for physical and/or psychological conditions, emergent interventions, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, ordering treatments and DME, preventative health maintenance activities, care management, referrals, discharge planning, counseling and patient education. Establishes a treatment plan based on clinical findings and. Determines when further evaluation by collaborating physician, specialist or emergency care is warranted .
• Collaborates with patients, families, primary care physicians and other team members to provide assessment and care planning. Assesses, plans, and provides intensive and continuous care management across client settings.
• Manages and provides clinical services in compliance with standards of Patient -Centered Medical Home standards, meaningful use of medical record data, HEDIS and QARR quality of care measurements. Qualifications Licenses and Certifications:
  • Current ANCC or AANP certification as an adult, family or geriatric nurse practitioner , required . Education:
    • Master's degree of Science in Nursing, or other graduate degree from a nurse practitioner educational program registered by the New York State Education Department as qualifying for NP certification (licensure) , required . Work Experience:
      • Minimum of two years of experience as a nurse practitioner utilizing full scope of practice , preferred.
      • Clinical home care experience or two years managerial experience , preferred.
      • Demonstrated knowledge of Hedis and QARR quality measures, ICD- 10 and CPT coding for reimbursement of services , required .
      • Bilingual skills, as determined by operational needs Compensation $58.30 - $77.72 Hourly About Us VNS Health is one of the nation's largest nonprofit home and community-based health care organizations. Innovating in health care for more than 130 years, our commitment to health and well-being is what drives us-we help people live, age and heal where they feel most comfortable, in their own homes, connected to their family and community. On any given day, more than 10,000 VNS Health team members deliver compassionate care, unparalleled expertise and 24/7 solutions and resources to the more than 43,000 "neighbors" who look to us for care. Powered and informed by data analytics that are unmatched in the home and community-health industry, VNS Health offers a full range of health care services, solutions and health plans designed to simplify the health care experience and meet the diverse and complex needs of the communities and people we serve in New York and beyond.

Keywords: VNS Health, Schenectady , Advanced Practice Clinician (Hybrid), Other , Albany, New York