Nurse Practitioner-Float-Across All Our PACE Elder Program Sites

2 weeks ago


Worcester, United States Fallon Health Full time
Overview:

That’s Right.. Fantastic work setting working in an elder adult day setting –

Practical Monday to Friday Work week
Predictable 8:00 to 5:00 Day Shift
No Nights, No Weekends, No On-Call
Quality over Quantity Care Setting
Great Mentoring with Physicians and Opportunities to Work with Students
PACE is a Growing Area of Health Care, Come Grow with It

About us:

Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members-always-making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, we deliver equitable, high-quality coordinated care and are continually rated among the nation’s top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality.

Fallon Health’s Summit ElderCare® is a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly–PACE for short. PACE, an alternative to nursing home care, is a program that helps people 55 and older continue living safely at home. At Fallon Health, we believe our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and unique capabilities allow us to better serve our members. We embrace and encourage differences in age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and other characteristics that make people unique.

Today, guided by our mission of improving health and inspiring hope, we strive to be the leading provider of government-sponsored health insurance programs—including Medicare, Medicaid, and PACE— in the region.

Responsibilities:

Responsibility Summary:

Serves as a float Nurse Practitioner (NP) to each of the Summit ElderCare sites throughout Massachusetts. Fallon Health/Summit ElderCare operates PACE sites in; Worcester, Webster, Lowell, Springfield, Leominster, and a brand-new site in Dartmouth mid-2025. Float assignments will be based on various business needs such as covering for employee leaves, hiring gaps, vacations, and other types of business needs. This role can start from a home office base and float assignment coverage assignments will be established weeks in advance.

In this role, the NP will provide primary health care to Summit ElderCare program participants focusing on disease prevention, wellness, and management of chronic and episodic illness in collaboration with the program’s Primary Care Providers. The NP will work in close collaboration with the program multi-disciplinary team to establish realistic goals and develop and manage individualized plans of care for program participants. The role may involve working with Community based Physicians who are enrolling participants in the PACE program through the Community-based Physician waiver.

There could also be about 10% of remote home office work if the person we hire has expertise and interest in Quality work.

Performs initial and periodic assessments of participants and appropriately identifies and documents problems/issues in medical
Evaluates episodic illnesses and issues appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic
Collaborates with physicians and other multi-disciplinary team members to manage episodic and chronic medical needs of
Performs diagnostic, therapeutic and nursing interventions as
Performs routine monitoring of chronic, stable
Implements plans of care in a safe and effective
Participates in multi-disciplinary team
Evaluates effectiveness of previously implemented
Conducts home and nursing home visits as
Facilitates the continuum of care for sub-acute and long-term nursing home residents as indicated
Maintains precise, accurate documentation of all services provided according to professional
Identifies utilization and service delivery problems and participates in their
Participates in quality assessment activities including but not limited to record reviews, outcome measurement, and review/revision of policies and
Provides education and training to participants, caregivers and staff in relevant
Acts as a resource to program staff and participates in defining nursing standards and
Serves on appropriate committees; participates in staff
Enhances professional growth and self-development through participation in research activities, other professional activities, educational programs, current literature, in-service programs and
Maintains BLS certification and professional certification as
Has responsibility as a full member of the Summit ElderCare Department of
Provides on call coverage for the Summit ElderCare program on an as-needed basis or as assigned by the Medical
Supports the fundamental mission of the PACE

Qualifications:

Education:

Master’s degree required. Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program

License/Certifications:

Licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Valid driver’s license and clean driving record required.
National Board Certification as a Geriatric, Adult, or Family Nurse Practitioner.

Experience:

One to three years of Nurse Practitioner experience preferred with at least one year of experience in geriatric care.
Demonstrates a broad knowledge of medical conditions and appropriate interventions.
Able to apply the principles, methods and techniques of professional nursing practice to the care of program participants.
Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with program participants, family caregivers, medical staff and program staff.

COVID-19 Vaccination:

With the end of the Global Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic, Fallon Health no longer requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 except for employees who are in jobs that under state and federal laws, regulations and policies are required to be vaccinated and/or they are in Member/participant facing positions.

Fallon Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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