Field Advanced Practice Provider

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Job Description

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This field-based role enables associates to primarily operate in the field, traveling to client sites or designated locations as required, with occasional office attendance for meetings or training. This approach ensures flexibility, responsiveness to client needs, and direct, hands-on engagement. Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Field Advanced Practice Provider is responsible for collaborating with company physicians, the patient s other physicians and providers, and their family members to develop complex plans of care in accordance with the patient s health status and overall goals and values. Provides clinical and non-clinical support to patients in palliative care within a designated territory.

• Provides services in home settings to provide care to patients.
• Develops and implements clinical plans of care for adult patients facing chronic and complex conditions (e.g., co-morbid medical and mental health diagnoses, limited personal resources, chronic medical conditions).
• Gathers history and physical exams and required diagnostics, then develops and implements treatment plans aligned with the patient s goals of care and current conditions.
• Meets the patient s and family s physical and psychosocial needs with input from the company s inter-disciplinary team.
• Educates patients and families about medication usage, side effects, illness progression, diet and nutrition, medical adherence, and crisis anticipation and prevention.
• Maintains contact with other clinical team members, patients  other physicians and medical providers to coordinate optimal care and resources in a timely and compliant manner.
• Maintains patient medical records and documentation consistent with state regulations and company standards and policy.
• Participates in continuing education as required by state.
• Prescribes medication as permitted by state prescribing authority.

• Requires an MS in Nursing.
• Requires current unrestricted Nurse Practitioner (NP) license or Physician Assistant (PA) license in applicable state(s). Possession of DEA registration or eligibility required.
• CPR certification required.

• 2 years of experience in home-based services, complex care cases, and hospice and/or palliative care preferred.
• Bedside hospital, oncology, emergency room (ER) or intensive care unit (ICU) experience highly preferred.
• Experience working with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) preferred.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred. For Carelon Health business unit, satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position. Travel may be required.

For candidates working in person or virtually in the location(s) below, the salary range for this specific position is $107,680 to $161,520.

Locations:
Maryland

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans.

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