Nurse Practitioner- PACE - Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans

Job Summary and Mission: Apply clinical skills to the management of healthcare for medically complex older adults, working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to address participants' medical, emotional, and social well-being.

Qualifications:

Nursing Degree from an accredited university, and a graduate of a certified or accredited Nurse Practitioner Program; or Master's Degree in Clinical Nursing and five years nursing experience. Must have a current license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).

Preferred: Five-to-seven years nursing experience, with three years of experience as Nurse Practitioner.

Job Duties

• As a member of the PACE Interdisciplinary team (IDT), the nurse practitioner is responsible for the following:
  • Preparing and updating a comprehensive Care Plan for participants in conjunction with the IDT that that includes medical, emotional, psychosocial aspects of care
  • Attentive and responsive to input from other team members, participants, and caregivers as pertains to participant's health, and ongoing communication of important clinical information to the IDT
• Each nurse practitioner is responsible for the following:
  • Comprehensive history and physical for new participants to assist with preparation of a comprehensive Care Plan
  • Reassessment of participants' medical conditions at least every 6 months as part of the participant semi-annual assessment for updating the Care Plan
  • Managing a participant's medical care for acute and chronic issues
  • Reviewing outside clinical information for participants, including specialty clinic appointments, hospitalizations, and nursing home stays
  • Documenting changes of a participant's condition in the medical record in a timely manner, consistent with documentation policies established by the medical director
  • Work in the PACE clinic at either of the two PACE centers to see participants as scheduled and as needed
  • Provide in-home care as needed
  • Contact and inform caregivers of any medical changes
  • Return calls from participants, caregivers, and staff, in a courteous and timely manner
  • Serving as the provider on-call for the on-call nurses on evenings and weekends, and returning calls in a courteous, timely manner

Competencies

• Effective communication with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and non-medical colleagues, in a manner that ensures understanding
• Foster caring interpersonal connections with participants and their caregivers
• Enthusiastic collaboration with colleagues in a team environment
• Sensitively navigates complex ethical issues involving participants that may arise
• Proactively seeks out ways to improve delivery of care
• Serves as a trusted liaison with medical director, nurses, and other healthcare professionals within the program
• Seeks to support other members of the team with their roles and responsibilities
• Appreciates and learns from the knowledge of others on the team, and shares knowledge in return
• Participates in research or investigations related to quality improvement
• Creatively proposes and adapts treatment plans with openness to unique circumstances of PACE participants, with a focus on delivering goal-concordant care

All candidates for employment with CCANO must submit to a criminal records check as a condition of employment. 

New employees will be required to complete a criminal background check prior to employment.

Compliance with the State of LA Child Protection Act and Archdiocese Policy on Abuse and Neglect, to provide for the safety and security of all clients served by CCANO programs. 

Certain programs require additional background checks in addition to the Archdiocesan check.  These may include the "State Police Check " and

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