Telehealth Nurse Practitioner - Heart Failure (Pacific Time Schedule)

What is the Telehealth Nurse Practitioner role?

We are looking for a full-time Nurse Practitioner specializing in cardiology and heart failure with experience overseeing complex chronic care programs. You will manage a growing panel of patients and contribute to the growth and development of a telemedicine program that leverages first in class medication management titration algorithms combined with patient management principles.

We are seeking full-time coverage Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM PST.

What you’ll be doing:

• Virtually evaluate patients entering the program and assist in creating a care plan based on patient specific needs and predesignated protocols.
• Respond to alerts escalated from the nursing team related to patients’ deviations in vitals and physiologic data; symptoms; weight changes.
• Independently manage changes in clinical status that are within the APP’s scope of practice (e.g. dose change in diuretic after 3 pounds of weight gain over 24 hours).
• Escalate out of scope clinical changes to lead MD.
• Liaise with the nursing team to ensure proper medications, labs and virtual appointments are ordered and communicated to the patient.
• Partner with the nursing team to ensure that medications are reconciled on program entry and exit.
• Serve as the point of contact for each patient’s primary care teams, relaying information to them and tailoring this communication to individual providers’ needs.
• Provide education to patients about healthy behaviors and self-management.

What you’ll bring:

• 2+ years as a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner specializing in heart failure and/or internal medicine in an ambulatory or inpatient setting.
• Actively licensed in California, multiple state licenses strongly preferred.
• Willingness to obtain additional state licenses as needed.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is highly preferred.
• Previous experience overseeing complex chronic care programs strongly preferred.
• Previous telehealth experience strongly preferred.
• Willingness to work in a changing, dynamic environment with a growing company
• Ability to work from home in a HIPAA compliant environment is required.
• Motivated to provide health education and have a grounding in health promotion techniques.
• Ability to learn and proficiently use multiple EMRs and various communication applications, including Google products.

What we offer:

• Company-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K program
• PTO program including eight paid company holidays