Physician Services Nurse Practitioner

Optimal Care is where your dedication meets a rewarding career. 

As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our Patients and Families every day. We are the Midwest's premier provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care. Our integrated care delivery model incorporates technology, innovation and best practices. We produce value based outcomes by managing chronic disease process, rehabilitation and end of life care.

We live a simple Mission: Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care. 

What does this mean for you? At Optimal Care, you have our resolute commitment to being an exceptional place to work. Your expertise, passion and commitment to exceptional quality care will continue to thrive. With you we can build a remarkable place to work. 

Exceptional Benefits:

• Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Company Vehicle Program 
• Flexible Work Schedule 
• Mentorship Culture
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Mileage Reimbursement 
• Cutting Edge Technology

Why You'll Enjoy Working with Us:

• Enjoy no weekends and flexible schedules that adapt to your lifestyle 

• Benefit from CME funding to stay at the forefront of your field

• Experience fast and easy credentialing so you can begin making an impact sooner 

• Join a tight-knit community with collaboration and support 

• Build meaningful connections with both your team and your patients

• Leverage back-office support staff to handle administrative tasks, allowing you to focus on patient care

• Utilize our dedicated education department with full-time training staff

• Start strong with a tailored onboarding process that meets you where you are, with a single point of contact

• Collaborate with colleagues to advance population health initiatives

• Enjoy independent practice within a framework that values your expertise

• Engage in weekly touchpoints with peers and management to stay connected and supported

• Experience a limited patient census, allowing for meaningful time with your patients

• Be part of a team that offers non-stereotypical healthcare, breaking away from the mold

 

Key Responsibilities 

Nurse Practitioners provide primary and/or consultative professional care in a variety of care settings. The Nurse Practitioner will function in collaboration with physicians according to a Collaboration Arrangement. The Nurse Practitioner practice will focus on caring for geriatric and seriously ill populations to assist patients and families with comfort and quality of life. 

 

In this role you will be responsible for: 

• Conducting medical evaluations of predominantly elderly, frail, seriously ill patients in their home environment 

• Determining follow up assessments according to patient need and best practice guidelines 

• Communicating significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the clinical coordinator, the physician, family, facility and other personnel involved with patient care 

• Assessing health status by obtaining relevant health and medical history.  

• Performing a physical exam based upon the age and patient history as per the Standard Care Arrangement with a collaborating physician 

• Ordering, interpreting and evaluating laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies to assess patient’s clinical problems and health care needs 

• Performing diagnostic of therapeutic interventions consistent with certi