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Gloucester Township, New Jersey, United States
Onsite
Located in:
Blackwood, New Jersey 08012The Nursing Home Care APN promotes and maintains health by providing medical services to home bound patients of the medical group under the supervision of a physician.Duties and Responsibilities
The duties include, but are not limited to:
• Physical exams, consultations, and referrals.
• Ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Appropriately documents subjective and objective findings including assessment and plan in the
patient's medical record.
• Ensures accurate coding and billing
• Collaborates with the care team to provide each patient and their family the highest quality healthcare.
• Assessment of patient family knowledge and initiation of patient and family.
• Contributes to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that
must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending
options and courses of action; implementing physician directives.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating,
and studying medical histories.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays,
electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies, interpreting test results.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing; managing
wounds and infections.
• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and
development information; discussing family planning; providing counseling on emotional problems of
daily living; promoting wellness and health maintenance.
• Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new
legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management
on needed actions.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing
professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential
growth opportunities.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Proper and complete medical documentation (without copy/paste) for all patient care in order to assure
accuracy (above 80% with goal of 95%) of E/M coding – and closing/sign off after review of all patient
charts in accordance with company policies. Failure to meet this essential job function can affect the
eligibility for productivity/PCN (percent net collection) bonuses.
• Proper and complete medical documentation (without copy/paste) for all patient care in order to assure
accuracy of HCC coding. Failure to meet this essential job function can affect the eligibility for VBC
bonuses.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications or Education, Training and Experience
• Registration & Licensure by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Life Support (ACLS)
• 1-3 years’ experience in an outpatient care office required
• Active Drivers License
• Must be willing to drive within a radius of 40 miles
Featured Benefits:.
The compensation range for this position is $60.00/hour– $70.00/hour. Compensation is based on the level and requirements of the role.
Salary within our ranges may also be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location, as required by the role, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data
Physical/Mental Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: walk, bend, sit, talk, lift, or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk and use hands and arms to operate general office equipment
(PC, telephone, file cabinets, copier, postage meter, fax machine and printer). The employee may occasionally lift and/or move between 10 and 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. The employee may need to travel to healthcare practices.
