About the Role
DaVita Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) is seeking a Full-Time Nurse Practitioner (NP) to support complex patients navigating the healthcare system and deliver holistic, integrated care to improve the quality of life for kidney patients. The NP will provide comprehensive healthcare, both in-person and via telehealth, across multiple chronic conditions common to CKD/ESKD patients, functioning autonomously yet collaboratively to coordinate and facilitate quality, cost-effective care.
Responsibilities
- Performs enhanced annual wellness visits or Comprehensive Health Evaluations (CHEs) to identify and evaluate patients’ co-morbid conditions and needs, including medical, social, emotional, and financial concerns.
- Manages complex patients, focusing on reducing hospitalizations and improving health outcomes.
- Manages the care of CKD/ESKD patients, focusing on delaying disease progression, medical cost/utilization, and preventing/reducing hospitalizations through proactive post-discharge planning and follow-up.
- Leverages prescriptive authority, medication management, ordering/interpretation of labs/diagnostics, and collaboration with other providers.
- Works a Monday-Friday schedule with flexibility to accommodate patient and nephrology partner availability.
- Performs telehealth and in-person visits within a designated market or geographical region.
- Coordinates activities with the healthcare team and healthcare systems to meet patient health needs.
- Assumes a clinical leadership role.
Requirements
- Minimum of two (2) years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner (NP).
- Current unrestricted NP license to practice in the state of CT.
- License in NY or ability to get after hire.
- Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license required or eligible to obtain within 90 days of hire.
- Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Current valid driver’s license and insurance within the state of residence.
- Intermediate computer skills and proficiency in MS Word, Excel & Outlook required.
- Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessment and management of complex comorbidities, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation regarding the needs and care of chronic disease.
- Strong clinical judgment and confidence in autonomous decision-making while practicing within established protocols and evidence-based guidelines.
- Home Office, High Speed Internet and Reliable Transportation Required.
- Must live locally in Yonkers, NY/Southern CT.
Skills
- Clinical assessment
- Management of complex comorbidities
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Documentation
- Evaluation of chronic disease needs and care
- Clinical judgment
- Autonomous decision-making
- MS Word
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
Location
- Yonkers, NY
- Southern CT
- Middletown, Connecticut
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Hybrid-Remote
- Work from home (telehealth)
- Travel within an assigned geography
Experience Level
- Minimum of two (2) years' experience as a Nurse Practitioner (NP)
- Preferred 5+ years’ experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NP), or experience in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology or Case Management
Salary/Compensations
- $118,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Excellent Benefit package
- CEU/CME reimbursement
- Paid License renewals
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off
- PTO cash out
- Family resources
- EAP counseling sessions
- Headspace®
- Backup child and elder care
- Maternity/paternity leave
- On-demand virtual leadership and development courses
About the Company
- DaVita Integrated Kidney Care (IKC) is comprised of an innovative team who is committed to improving patient outcomes and improving quality of life.
- We provide comprehensive care and complex chronic condition management to patients nationwide, whether they are in the early stages of kidney disease, transitioning to dialysis, seeking a kidney transplant or receiving life-sustaining dialysis.
- 27,000+ patients receive IKC services every month.
- 20 years of Integrated Kidney Care Experience.
- We’re on a mission to revolutionize kidney care, with a vision of making integrated care the standard of care for all renal patients.
- DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career.
- DaVita (NYSE: DVA) is a comprehensive kidney care provider focused on transforming care to improve the quality of life for patients globally.
- The company is a leading provider of kidney care services in the U.S. and has been a leader in clinical quality and innovation for more than 20 years.
- DaVita is working to help increase equitable access to care for patients at every stage and setting along their kidney health journey—from slowing progression of kidney disease to streamlining the transplant process, from acute hospital care to dialysis at home.
- As of March 31, 2022, DaVita served 200,800 patients at 2,809 outpatient dialysis centers in the U.S.
- The company operated an additional 346 outpatient dialysis centers in 11 other countries worldwide.
- DaVita has reduced hospitalizations, improved mortality and worked collaboratively to help propel the kidney care community to adopt an equitable, high-quality standard of care for patients around the globe.
Equal Opportunity
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements.
- Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
- DaVita is an equal opportunity employer- Male/Female/Veterans/Disabled.
