Nurse Practitioner - In Home Assessment

Join Arkos Health and help improve patient care in Valdosta, GA. We offer competitive pay with a flexible Monday – Friday schedule.

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Welcome to Arkos Health! We are a value-based healthcare company providing solutions for payors and providers by combining unique technology with in-home, virtual, and in-clinical care for patients. Arkos serves health plans and provider organizations by managing their highest-risk and highest-cost populations. We are currently in Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota, Illinois and Vermont! Our goal is to be the most valued partner to health plans, service providers, and the community we collectively serve.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs in-home history and physical assessments that are complete, accurate, relevant and appropriate for age, gender and clinical presentation and/or problem based on referral visit type for members served. “In-home” and “referral visit type” may be located at private residences, facilities, provider offices. Visit type may include acute, palliative assessment or follow up, CHA, or home health request for evaluation
• Demonstrates knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, pathophysiology, and presentation of acute and chronic conditions
• Conducts thorough review of available member records in preparation for scheduled visit to assist in supporting capture of appropriate diagnoses, while utilizing critical thinking to interpret diagnostic studies and screening evaluations to develop appropriate diagnosis and plan based on results
• Develops, implements, evaluates, and alters treatment plan of care as needed
• Makes recommendations and/or adjustments to medications as needed
• Demonstrates and maintains accurate, complete, and timely documentation in electronic health record to include but not limited to:
  • Correct diagnosis code(s)
  • Status of all acute and chronic conditions identified
  • Plan to address all diagnosis identified at time of visit
• Demonstrates understanding and working knowledge of key elements of Risk Adjustment Factor (RAF) and Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) model within 30 days of hire
• Demonstrates understanding and working knowledge of key elements of Quality STAR/HEDIS measures within 30 days of hire

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Qualifications and Skills:

• Current and valid State of Georgia RN license required
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and Georgia Advanced Practice Nursing license required; Master’s degree in Nursing preferred
• Board Certification from a nationally recognized certifying body for Nurse Practitioners required
• Unrestricted prescribing and dispensing privileges with DEA licensure required
• Minimum of 1 year experience in an ambulatory or community care setting or a combination of relevant work/clinical experience with strong assessment skills
• Experience working with adult, older adult, geriatric population preferred
• Experience and understanding of population health management preferred
• Driving is a requirement for this position. Current driver's license and proof of insurance

About Arkos Health

Arkos Health develops value-based strategies and transforms clinical, financial, and operational models through digital innovation combined with a human touch. Our partnership approach, enabled by end-to-end clinical and administrative programs, fuels the success of payer, provider, and patient partners. We partner with payers to transform their fee-for-service and upside-only provider network into fully integrated value-based care delivery systems.We collaborate with providers to improve their clinical and operational benchmarks, reduce administrative burdens, extend care services, and bridge gaps in care for patients.We believe healthcare should be built around the patient. In our patient-first world, we create a more seamless care experience, investing in patients’ well-being, communicating in ways where each patient understands their unique care journey, and earning their trust through better health outcomes.