Physician Services Nurse Practitioner

Physician Services Nurse Practitioner

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Optimal Care is where your dedication meets a rewarding career. As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our patients and families every day. We are the Midwest's premier provider of physician services, home health, and hospice care. Our integrated care delivery model incorporates technology, innovation and best practices.

We produce value‑based outcomes by managing chronic disease, rehabilitation and end‑of‑life care.

Our mission:
Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care.

• Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Company Vehicle Program
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Mentorship Culture
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Cutting Edge Technology

• No weekends, holidays, or on‑call with flexible schedules that adapt to your lifestyle.
• Fast and easy credentialing so you can begin making an impact sooner.
• Join a tight‑knit community with collaboration and support.
• Build meaningful connections with both your team and your patients.
• Leverage back‑office support staff to handle administrative tasks.
• Utilize our dedicated education department with full‑time training staff.
• Start strong with a tailored onboarding process that meets you where you are.
• Collaborate with colleagues to advance population health initiatives.
• Enjoy independent practice within a framework that values your expertise.
• Engage in weekly touchpoints with peers and management.
• Experience a limited patient census for meaningful time with patients.
• Part of a team that offers non‑stereotypical healthcare, breaking away from the mold.

Optimal Care Nurse Practitioners provide primary and/or consultative professional care in a variety of care settings, focusing on geriatric and seriously ill populations to assist patients and families with comfort and quality of life.

• Conduct medical evaluations of predominantly elderly, frail, seriously ill patients in their home environment.
• Determine follow‑up assessments according to patient needs and best practice guidelines.
• Communicate significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the clinical coordinator, the physician, family, facility, and other personnel involved with patient care.
• Assess health status by obtaining relevant health and medical history.
• Perform a physical exam based on age and patient history per the Standard Care Arrangement with a collaborating physician.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies to assess patient's clinical problems and healthcare needs.
• Perform diagnostic or therapeutic interventions consistent with certification, law, and state medical privileges.
• Prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through the appropriate state board agency.
• Develop a treatment plan in collaboration with the patient and caregivers.
• Refer patients to physicians as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment.
• Ensure continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multidisciplinary care team or with other specialty areas.
• Provide patients and families an understanding of diagnosis and disease progression while decreasing unnecessary emergency room and hospital visits.
• Hold case conferences with families when appropriate to advance the care plan.
• Meet minimum productivity requirements based on practice standards.

• Master's or doctoral degree as a Board‑Certified Nurse Practitioner.
• Current state license as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Nursing skills as defined by accepted nursing standards.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently.
• Must be able to lift at least 35 lbs and bear the weight of an average adult effectively.
• Current and valid driver's license.
• Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance coverage.
• Demonstrate ability to assess and respond to the needs of patients,…