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About the position

Clinical Services positions at Prospero are part of a community-based interdisciplinary care team of home-based medical care providers who support patients facing serious illness, their families and caregivers.

In this role, you will be part of a physician-led interdisciplinary care team that provides primary, palliative, and acute care to patients in their homes. This flexible, team-based role offers enormous satisfaction as you impact the care and quality of life for our aging population. All the while building meaningful relationships with patients and their families. 

With Prospero, you can improve the health of others and help heal the healthcare system. You can work within an incredible team culture and be part of a clinical and business collaboration that is learning and evolving every day. You’ll open doors for yourself that simply do not exist in any other organization, anywhere.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide high quality primary and palliative care for patients in their homes through telephonic and in-person patient consultations, traveling to patients’ homes to manage their advanced illness
• Lead advanced care planning discussions and prognosis with patients 
• Partner with physicians and an interdisciplinary team to formulate and update comprehensive care plans that consider the patient’s complex interactions between acute and chronic medical conditions, social, and environmental factors
• Create comprehensive documentation with a focus on clinically relevant information that requires action to improve your patient’s overall health and well-being 
• Together with your team, proactively address your patient’s medical and social needs, directly and in collaboration with other primary providers 
• Communicate with your patient’s external care team members, at times leading suggestions and changes in the care plan when appropriate to addressing an urgent need 
• Co-lead medical discussions at interdisciplinary team meetings in full collaboration with other colleagues from our medical operations team, including nurse care managers, physicians, and subject matter experts 
• Perform minor procedures on an as needed basis such as phlebotomy, urinary catheter placement, and wound management 
• Engage with local community resources to fully support your patients 
• Educate patients on topics such as disease process, medication, and compliance 
• Comply with all HIPAA regulations and maintain security of protected health information (PHI) 
• Demonstrate the highest level of professionalism, accountability, and service in your interactions with colleagues

Required Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted NP license (or the ability to obtain a Physician’s Assistant license) in the state of assignment 
• Ability to obtain DEA licensure / Prescriptive Authority post-hire in states where applicable 
• Nurse Practitioner national certification as ANP, FNP, or GNP 
• Highly motivated, flexible, and adaptable to working in a dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills in order to communicate and build positive relationships with stakeholders
• Clear, concise, and persuasive verbal and written communication. Must be able to positively interact with other clinicians, senior management, patients and their families, and all levels of medical and non-medical professionals
• Ability to work and provide high quality patient care in a virtual/telehealth environment 
• Computer literate; willing and able to learn new software tools 
• Highest level of ethics and integrity 
• Familiarity with market community/geography
• Ability to travel between patient’s homes in assigned territory, daily. Limited overnight stays. 

Note: A clinical background in geriatrics, hospice and palliative medicine or behavioral health is preferred (e.g. past experience working in a nursing home or with seniors in other settings)