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Louisville, KY - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Job Description

As a Nurse Practitioner in adult / geriatric medicine at GuideStar Eldercare you will leverage your Neurology experience and join in our efforts to provide neurological health services to residents in long term care settings. Using a multi-disciplinary approach you will work with an interdisciplinary team partnering with specialty clinicians to provide holistic continuity of care for the elderly afflicted with neurocognitive disorders like dementia Alzheimers disease and other neurologic diagnoses.

Our Mission: To enhance the quality of life for our shared patients by easing their suffering while actively promoting their safety functionality and dignity.

If you are passionate about improving quality of life for elderly patients and interested in a position where you can work autonomously with comprehensive operations support GuideStar Eldercare could be the next chapter in your career as a mental health provider.

As part of a multidisciplinary team which works to actively promote patient safety functionality and dignity your contributions to our neuro-behavioral health-centered patient care will include:

    • Travel daily to assigned facilities to provide excellent care for your patients.This position requires extensive travel by car.
    • Document the need and extent of services for each patient.
    • Evaluation & Assessment including neuro-psychiatric conditions and medical co-morbidities.
    • Neurologic and other medication management.
    • Create and maintain positive professional relationships with client facilities patients as well as their families.

Benefits of Working Here

    • Industry leading salary with additional income potential through productivity bonus
    • Excellent benefits package including medical dental vision 401K
    • Employee medical premiums are 100% company paid
    • Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1500
    • In-house CME/CEU credit offerings (ANCC accredited)
    • Company provided medical malpractice insurance
    • Four (4) weeks (20 days) paid time off
    • Seven (7) paid holidays
    • State licensing reimbursement
    • 60-day new-hire training program

Qualifications

    • Proof of State licensure in Kentucky.
    • Masters degree in a Nurse Practitioner specialty from an accredited university.
    • Nurse Practitioner Certification through ANCC or AANP.
    • Minimum of 1-year clinical APRN experience preferred; will also consider newly licensed APRN graduates with a prior clinical background in Geriatrics Adult Medicine Long-term Care Palliative Care Hospice or Home Health.
    • Neurology training and/or experience preferred but not required
    • Ability function autonomously while effectively servicing a prescribed daily caseload.
    • Experience with screening assessment tools.
    • Hands on experience with Electronic Medical Record systems Microsoft Office and Apple products (iPad).
    • Proven time management skills.
    • Strong interpersonal and customer service skills; create and maintain positive therapeutic and professional relationships.
    • Pass pre-employment background check and drug screening.
    • Complete credentialing process.
All GuideStar employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu. GuideStar follows all applicable laws; contact for more for illegal drugs will be administered to all final candidates for whom an offer of employment has been extended.

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