Registered Nurse/ SPMI Home Visits

Company: aptihealth, inc.
Location: Troy
Posted on: April 4, 2021

Job Description:

Life at aptihealth

The aptihealth team are health care, technology, research, and user experience experts passionate about transforming behavioral healthcare. Everything we do at aptihealth is centered around our mission to revolutionize care and to ensure that the millions of people who need and deserve it have access to it. As a curious and collaborative teammate, someone excited about tackling the hard problems in healthcare and technology, you will play a key role in making that mission a reality. Together, we will create and innovate transformative behavioral healthcare - for millions of people.

Role

The Registered Nurse will service as an extension of our Care Team to out in patients homes in accordance with an established care plans. S/he will work under the direction and supervision of a team of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Providers to collect lab samples, and administer Long Acting Injectables (LAI). This role requires interfacing with local pharmacy and lab services. The successful candidate will be accountable for the full patient care cycle. In addition given the view provided in the patients home some additional Case Manager duties are possible, including assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating actions required to meet the client's health and human services needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide health care services in patients residences
• Transport pharmacy and lab items to and from a members home
• Administer Long Acting Injectables (LAI)
• Monitor patients (vital signs, temperature, respiration, etc) and report on their condition
• Maintain patients care records and document provided services
• Instruct and counsel patients and families on LAI's
• Collect routine specimens
• Provide companionship and basic emotional or psychological support
• Reach out to members to re-engage, answer questions, and facilitate appointment scheduling
• Develop effective working relations and cooperate with medical team throughout the entire care team
• Constant focus and drive to increase adherence to care model and ensure members stay engaged throughout the care journey
• Adhere to professional standards as outlined by protocols, rules and regulations
  
  Requirements
  
  • Excellent knowledge of case management principles, healthcare management and reimbursement
  • Licensed RN
  • Previous experience with psychological aspects of care
  • Problem solving skills and ability to multi-task
  • Maintain strictest confidentiality and discretion.
  • Knowledge of medical chart reporting/records.
  • Ability to monitor vital signs and to collect specimens
  • Familiarity with basic nutrition and personal hygiene standards
  • Proficiency in English
  • Nursing and health care administration skills
  • Caring and compassionate personality
  • Current CPR certificate
  • First Aid training
  • Valid driver's license
  • Vehicle that can be used for home visits and traveling between local pharmacy's and labs
    
    Benefits
    
    • The opportunity to make life better for millions of people
    • An environment of positive and super smart colleagues
    • Turning innovative ideas into real-world results
    • Encouraging curiosity and collaboration
    • Priding ourselves in being diverse and inclusive
    • Fostering a company of trust & accountability
    • Competitive pay and benefits
    • Investment in our team with continuous learning opportunities
    • Balancing extraordinary work with your personal life
    • Flexible working hours and lots of freedom in your work habits
    • Embracing social responsibility with time off to serve your community.
    • Opportunity for health, dental and retirement benefits with employment
      
      
      About Aptihealth
      
      aptihealth, inc. is a behavioral health engagement company that seamlessly integrates physical and behavioral healthcare. Our platform connects medical providers, behavioral health specialists and patients with our proprietary assessment and treatment management protocols to get and keep patients healthier faster. aptihealth's structured therapy programs are centered on its proprietary 15 Life Domain Clinical Framework-- that efficiently provides collaborative care teams with the most thorough understanding of a patient's behavioral health needs. The aptihealth platform connects patients and their care teams with licensed behavioral health specialists who provide 90-day and extended care therapy by phone or video supported by an easy-to-use consumer friendly digital experience. The aptihealth program is evidenced to get individuals into therapy faster and clinically proven to improve both behavioral and medical outcomes while lowering overall cost. aptihealth's investors include Hudson River Capital Holdings, KASA Investments and Timber IV.
      
      At aptihealth, we don't just accept difference-we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our team, products and community. aptihealth is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting us.
      
      To all recruitment agencies aptihealth does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to us, our team members or any other organization location. aptihealth is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
      
      For more information, please contact us at
      
      aptihealth, inc.
      
      200 Portland Street, 5th Floor
      
      Boston, MA 02114
      
      

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