Job Description
A bit more about this role
This position represents an amazing opportunity for an endocrinology or diabetes specialized nurse practitioner or physician assistant (APP) with a big heart and entrepreneurial spirit. Your primary focus will be delivering world class diabetes care to our members. In this role you will be working in a next generation virtual diabetes clinic that dramatically expands access to specialty care for America's most vulnerable seniors. You will also utilize and help improve our home-grown technology and electronic health information platform to carry out these visits. On a day-to-day basis you will work closely with our virtual speciality clinic team members at Devoted Medical including Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (CDCES), physicians and other APPs, medical assistants, pharmacists and social workers. You will be a key member of our interprofessional team.
The diabetes clinic is one of several of Devoted's virtual specialty care programs that were designed as “micro centers of excellence” that deliver highly tailored, specialized care to patients with a specific chronic condition - e.g. diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, etc.
Responsibilities will include
- Conduct focused and thorough assessments of patients with diabetes through virtual consultations including ordering advanced diagnostics, interpreting lab and imaging data, and developing a treatment plan in collaboration with the speciality care clinic team.
- Formulate accurate diagnoses and develop individualized treatment plans for patients with diabetes, including medication management, lifestyle modifications, and monitoring recommendations.
- Collaborate closely with other members of the care team including PCPs, endocrinologists, and other Devoted team members including pharmacy, clinical nursing, social work, certified diabetes educators, as well as interfacing with family members and caregivers to coordinate holistic care for the member, ensure continuity of care and deliver a collaborative care plan.
- Serve as the clinical advisor and provide clinical escalation support for the speciality clinic staff and other teams during business hours.
- Participate in regular panel review discussions to offer advice and provide guidance around medical management.
- Perform comprehensive assessment including comprehensive diagnosis/disease review, medication review, and assessment for quality of care (STARS/HEDIS) interventions as well as social and home health/DME needs.
- Utilize our home grown electronic health information system for visits while also providing feedback on how to improve the interface.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, ensuring compliance with relevant legal and ethical guidelines.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives and ongoing professional development to stay current on best practices and advancements in diabetes care.
- Adhere to all relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, including patient privacy and telehealth regulations.
Attributes to success
- Skilled nurse practitioner or physician assistant with thorough understanding of Diabetes management including diseases process, treatment modalities, medication management and lifestyle modification.
- You are experienced working on an interprofessional team and enjoy team-based care.
- You have great clinical and non-clinical judgment.
- You are thorough and take the time to address the needs of your patients.
- You are deeply empathetic and humanistic, and want to go the last mile for your patients.
- You enjoy a fast-paced, high-energy, organization. Agility and collaboration are key as we will change and improve quickly.
- You welcome learning and using new technologies that are being developed in parallel. You thrive on knowing your work can help make these technologies better for you and your patients.
- You learn from every experience and are not afraid to fail - that's how you're wired.
- Finally and most importantly, you have a passion for making healthcare better, solving complex problems, and supporting the delivery of healthcare that we would want for our own family members.
Desired skills and experience
- APP with 5 or more years working in outpatient clinical practice ideally in an endocrinology or diabetes focused clinic.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience concentrated in diabetes management and education required.
- Proficiency in using telehealth technology and electronic health records (EHR).
- Virtual care experience is preferred along with a strong desire to continue practicing clinical nursing and performing virtual visits - you believe in the mission of bringing care to where the patient lives.
- An understanding of managed care is a plus, including how to appropriately assess STARS/HEDIS measures, code clinical comorbidities, and identify clinical care gaps.
- Proficiency in English (and ideally Spanish) required for this position.
- Multi-state licensure is required in addition to a willingness to obtain, and maintain, additional licensure as requested.
Licensure and Certification
- Master's or Doctoral degree
- An active and clear RN and APRN license, or PA licensure is required at time of hire and must be maintained while employed at Devoted Medical.
- Active BLS is required at time of hire and must be maintained while employed at Devoted Medical.
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alary Range
$120K-155K base range plus performance based bonus paid out quarterly or annually ($10K-$20K) for a total comp range of $130K-170K
Employer-sponsored health insurance and dental and vision plan with low or no premium:
The pay range listed for this position is the range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at the time of the posting. Once the interview process begins, your talent partner will provide additional information on the compensation for the role, along with additional information on our total rewards package. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
Our Total Rewards package includes
- Employer sponsored health, dental and vision plan with low or no premium
- Generous paid time off
- $100 monthly mobile or internet stipend
- Stock options for all employees
- Bonus eligibility for all roles excluding Director and above; Commission eligibility for Sales roles
- Parental leave program
- 401K program
- And more....
*Our total rewards package is for full time employees only. Intern and Contract positions are not eligible.
Founded in 2017, Devoted Health is on a mission to dramatically improve the health and well-being of older Americans by caring for everyone like they are family, and that includes our employees. Our robust and seamlessly integrated care platform merges advanced data and AI access with world-class clinical and service experiences to create a member experience that is unlike the industry norm. To continue building upon our mission, we want to bring together those who share our values, embrace change and advancement, and are enthusiastic about where we're going — all the while bringing their own unique qualities, experiences, and expertise, in hopes of further changing the healthcare experience.