What We Provide

• Attractive sign-on bonus and referral bonus opportunities   

• Generous paid time off, starting at 30 days of paid time off and 9 company holidays 

• Health insurance plan for you and your loved ones, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability  

• Employer-matched retirement saving funds 

• Personal and financial wellness programs  

• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care   

• Generous tuition reimbursement for qualifying degrees 

• Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement  

• Internal mobility, generous tuition reimbursement, CEU credits, and advancement opportunities   

• Interdisciplinary network of colleagues through the VNS Health Social Services Community of Professionals 

What You Will Do 

• Manages and provides full scope of advanced nursing practice for targeted patient populations. Evaluates patient responses to therapy / interventions. Ensures revision of the inter-professional plan of care as necessary to achieve quality outcomes. 

• Identifies need for new/revised clinical protocols. Collaborates with physicians and others within the practice to develop protocols and provides training as appropriate. 

• Manages and provides comprehensive advanced nursing care including physical examination, comprehensive history, screening for physical and/or psychological conditions, emergent interventions, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, ordering treatments and DME, preventative health maintenance activities, care management, referrals, discharge planning, counseling and patient education. Establishes a treatment plan based on clinical findings and. Determines when further evaluation by collaborating physician, specialist or emergency care is warranted. 

• Collaborates with patients, families, primary care physicians and other team members to provide assessment and care planning. Assesses, plans, and provides intensive and continuous care management across client settings. 

• Manages and provides clinical services in compliance with standards of Patient-Centered Medical Home standards, meaningful use of medical record data, HEDIS and QARR quality of care measurements. 

For Mental Health only: 

• Conducts psychosocial assessments of interventions patients and develops treatment recommendations. Determines whether further evaluation by a collaborating psychiatrist is needed. 

• Provides the following services to patients: advocacy, psychoeducation, psychopharmacology, cognitive/behavioral interventions, monitoring of mental status, emotional support, brief psychotherapy and family-based interventions. 

• Supports and educates VNS Health staff and caregivers to enable them to better care for patients with psychiatric, cognitive, and/or behavioral challenges. 

• Consults with a collaborating psychiatrist as necessary to develop psychiatric evaluation and treatment plans. 

• Consults with the referrer on assessment, recommendations, and updates on treatment progress. 

• Follows treatment plans, revising and updating them as necessary, makes appropriate referrals for additional mental health services and provides crisis intervention as required. 

• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, case conferences and clinical supervision; attends in-service education programs. 

• Master’s degree of Science in Nursing, or other graduate degree from a nurse practitioner educational program registered by the New York State Education Department as qualifying for NP certification (licensure), required.  

• Current ANCC or AANP certification as an adult, family or geriatric nurse practitioner, required. 

• Minimum of two years of experience as a nurse practitioner utilizing full scope of practice, preferred.  

• Clinical home care experience or two years managerial experience, preferred.  

• Demonstrated knowledge of Hedis and QARR quality measures, ICD-10 and CPT coding for reimbursement of services, required.  

• Bilingual skills, as determined by operational needs 

For Mental Health only: 

• Master’s degree in psychiatric-mental health Nurse Practitioner required. 

• PhD in psychiatric-mental health Nurse Practitioner, preferred. 

• Minimum of two years of experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner utilizing full scope of practice 

• Must be able to walk up and down steps to access patient residences and transport required supplies weighing approximately 25 – 30 lbs.