APP Full Time- Shreveport

The role

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant provides primary, acute, chronic, and pediatric care to families. This is done in mobile/community facility settings, via virtual care, and through periodic home visits.

What you will do

• Manage a panel of families as the primary care provider
• Provide longitudinal primary and preventive care, care management, and care coordination
• Practice with an interdisciplinary team including MDs, LCSWs, RNs, psychiatrists, and medical assistants
• Utilize electronic health record and care management tools
• Attend daily team huddles and weekly case conferences
• Propose treatments for chronic and infectious diseases
• Prescribe and reconcile medications
• Educate patients about conditions and medications
• Order, administer, obtain, and record diagnostic tests
• Provide advocacy, navigation support, and education to families

Required qualifications

• Completion of Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner accredited program
• Active, unrestricted license to practice in the location listed
• At least 2 years experience providing clinical services to pediatric and adult patients with chronic medical and behavioral health conditions
• Interest in serving underserved, vulnerable populations
• Proficiency, prior experience, and/or willingness to train in clinical nursing skills such as blood drawing, patient assessments and care plan reinforcement
• Skills, knowledge base, and judgment for independent clinical decision-making and problem-solving
• Maintains current CPR certification (BLS)
• Access to reliable transportation
• Willingness to comply with the Nest Motor Vehicle Safety Policy
• Must have a driver's license, a car, and auto insurance
• Ability to drive to the homes of Nest families and carry portable healthcare supplies
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds at times

Nice to have

• Experience working as the leader of an interdisciplinary care team
• Experience in a startup environment

Benefits

• Employer-sponsored health, dental, and life options
• Generous PTO
• Family-centric health support including urgent care, behavioral health, psychology, and psychiatry
• Virtual veterinary care for pets
• Company supported Parental Leave for primary and non-primary caregivers
• Options for tiered return to work
• Additional PTO for Prenatal Care and Backup Childcare
• Reimbursement for work-related vehicle expenses including commuting and travel costs
• Up to $3,000/year Tuition Reimbursement
• Employer sponsored short-term and long-term disability benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Plan through Human Interest
• $500 stipend upon successful completion of credentialing requirements

About the company

Nest is a value-based care provider built for families, offering a family-based, in-home, and virtual care model. Founded in 2022, it provides medical, behavioral, and social care to high-risk families.