Nurse Practitioner

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Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.
 
Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

POSITION SUMMARY:   

**This is a full time home clinic position (30-35 hours/week) supporting our clinic in Wilmington (Market St.). Schedule is 2-3 weekdays plus every other weekend.**

CVS Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our Primary Care team. In this capacity, you will work in collaboration with a dedicated clinical care team to provide evidenced-based care to a panel of patients. The clinical care team will work with the provider daily to drive better outcomes for entire panel of patients.  This will include accurate assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management of health problems, health counseling, and disposition planning. This role will report to the practice manager.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

Patient-Centered Quality and Safety

• Uses knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, pathophysiology, presentation, and epidemiology of medical conditions relevant to primary, acute, chronic, and transitional to provide care to patients
• Performs history and physical assessments of patients that are accurate, complete, concise, relevant, and appropriate for age, gender, and clinical symptoms.
• Provides patient counseling; inclusive of pregnancy prevention, STI Prevention/safer sex practices, contraceptive care counseling and medication management
• Counsels and educates patients and families on health maintenance and respond to patient care inquiries
• Evaluates and treats patients' medical needs with safe and high-quality treatment
• Documents all patient care within an electronic health record in accordance with current policies and procedures
• Works as a member of the clinical care team providing care and coordination of our patients with internal and external colleagues ensuring the highest level of care is always provided for all patients

• Provides patient-centered care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness and treatment of disease

• Refers to appropriate specialists and patient care components as appropriate
• Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance with PHI and HIPAA standards

Communication and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

• Collaborates with clinical care team to ensure the delivery of high quality, patient centric, longitudinal care
• Participates in and in some cases leads clinical care team huddles
• Demonstrates core values of CVS Health in all communications and interactions
• Communicates effectively with members of the clinical care team, other health professionals and health-related agencies.
• On call rotation shared with providers in market for after hours patient clinical needs or shift coverage
• Works effectively with clinical care team members
• Promotes mutual respect and trust working within a team model.
• Cultivates and maintains all levels of communication; adjusts communication style to effectively influence quality outcomes and patient needs

Healthcare Environment Management

• Resolves conflict using appropriate communication and management techniques
• Cultivates and maintains positive relationships with clinical care team members
• Manages clinical and non-clinical duties efficiently
• Adapts quickly to new models of patient care for clinic efficiency
• Enhances operational effectiveness, emphasizing cost containment without jeopardizing important innovation or quality of patient care
• Maintains self-awareness and professionalism of individual actions and how they impact the care team, the practice, and healthcare industry
• Assist with hiring, development, and evaluation of Primary Care clinical care team as appropriate
• Complete necessary tasks for clinic operations, including but not limited to following up on lab results, and receiving incoming clinical information.

Business Acumen

• Own the success of your practice through implementation of the Primary Care business plan designed to meet identified business goals

Autonomy

• Demonstrates the highest level of accountability for professional practice
• Works independently, prioritizes and solves problems, takes initiative, and advocates for patients and practice
• Actively participates in professional development thru professional groups, committees within the organization and/or additional external experiences
• Takes initiative to meet identified learning needs using multiple resources.
• Maintains self-awareness and professionalism of individual actions and how they impact the practice, and healthcare industry
• Continuing education, including what is required to maintain employment at CVS Health/ Primary Care, is the responsibility of the provider

EDUCATION: 

Completion of master’s degree level Family Nurse Practitioner with current National Board Certification and State of Employment license to practice in the Advanced Practice role required.

Required Experience:

• A minimum of 1 year experience as a Nurse Practitioner is required.  Experience in Family medicine or primary care practice preferred. 
• Internal applicants with less than 1 year experience are eligible with successful completion of the CVS Minute Clinic Primary Care Training Program
• Active Advance Practice Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner license in good standing
• Current National Board Certification in Family Practice

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES: 

• Working knowledge and understanding of quality measurement in the management of chronic disease conditions.

• Self- motivated, prioritizes and solves problems, takes initiative, and advocates for their patients and their practice
• Effective verbal, written, and electronic communication skills
• Outstanding organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Initiative, problem solving ability, adaptability, and flexibility
• Ability to work remotely in a clinical care team culture
• Ability to work without direct supervision and practice autonomously
• Is proficient with information management and technology
• Willingness to obtain multi-state licensures
• Capacity to collaborate with professional colleagues frequently to ensure quality patient care

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

• While performing the duties of the job, the Primary Care NP is regularly required to interact with patients remotely, sit, write, operate the computer and phone, speak intelligibly, and hear patient responses 
• Specific vision abilities include the ability to view and read a computer screen and other electronic devices  

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$37.66 - $81.11

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.  
 
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/09/2024

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

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