Certified Nurse Practitioner

• Apr 2022 - Present

Nurse Practitioner

• Aug 2017 - Apr 2022

In my current role, I assess primary and post-acute care adult patients in long-term care or who have been recently discharged from hospital. Here, I perform comprehensive assessments, order and interpret tests, diagnose patient conditions, and prescribe medications, treatments, and therapies. In addition, I educate patients and caregivers on general health and wellness, and disease prevention and processes, and clearly communicate with primacy care and consulting physicians to ensure continuity of care. • Perform federally mandared visits to maintain compliance with long-term patient care. • Offer counseling to increase compliance with proper use of medications, treatments, and protocols that reduce hospital admissions. • Train and mentor new nurse practitioners and audit charts to ensure proper documentation and compliance with CMS guidelines for coding and billing. • Coordinate continuing education events for staff nurse practitioners. Show less

Nurse Practitioner

• 2016 - 2017

At Noble Physicians, I provided post-acute and long-term care treatments for patients in five skilled nursing facilities where I ensured prompt, accurate care, ordered and interpreted tests, and prescribed medications, treatment, and therapies. In this position, I updated medication prescriptions and cared for addiction medicine patients in partnership with the medical director and interdisciplinary care teams. • Supported addiction medicine office by completing intake, providing follow-up visits, and applying medically assisted treatment with Suboxone for patients with opioid addiction. • Completed telehealth visits for patients needing in-home IV antibiotics while working as independent contractor during 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Show less

Nurse Practitioner

• 2015 - 2016

As a member of Medical Home Team, I performed in-home patient assessments for Medicare patients with chronic illness or who had been recently discharged. In this role, I completed diagnoses, created individualized treatment plans, ordered and interpreted tests, and prescribed medications, treatments, and therapies for assessed medical conditions. I also counseled and educated patients on health and wellness, and disease prevention and processes, updating primary care physicians and coordinating with the main office. • Led interdisciplinary care teams that included home health aides, physical and occupational therapists, caregivers, and other providers. • Coded and documented visits in compliance with organizational and regulatory policies and procedures. Show less