Carelon Health Palliative Care is the nation’s largest provider of home-based palliative care. We partner with health plans and physicians who share our vision of providing comprehensive, collaborative medical care to offer relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of serious illness in the comfort of a patient’s home.

*Field Based Position - Visiting patients within the Thousand Oaks, Malibu, and Ventura, California area.*

*Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:30 pm PST*

Our Nurse Practitioners/Field Advance Practice Providers collaborate with our Lead Physicians, the patient’s other physicians and providers, and their family members to develop complex plans of care in accordance with the patient’s health status and overall goals and values. Carelon Health Palliative Care has a network of support in our Patient Care Center, which enables us to provide a comprehensive network of clinical and non-clinical support to you. In addition, our NPs take part in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings, call schedules and scheduled in-service and education sessions.

Primary duties to include:

• You’ll be providing the Carelon Health Palliative Care services in home settings, traveling within your designated territory to provide excellent care to a small number of patients daily.

• This means you will develop and implement clinical plans of care for adult patients facing chronic and complex conditions (e.g., co-morbid medical and mental health diagnoses, limited personal resources, chronic medical conditions.) You will gather history and physical exam and diagnostics as needed, and then develop and implement treatment plans given the patient’s goals of care and current conditions.

• An important element of the role is the ability to meet the patient’s and family’s physical and psychosocial needs with support and input from the Carelon Health Palliative Care inter-disciplinary team.

• Our NP/PAs educate patients and families about medication usage, side effects, illness progression, diet and nutrition, medical adherence and crisis anticipation and prevention.

• Each day, you will be in contact with other Carelon Health Palliative Care clinical team members, patients’ other physicians and patients’ other medical providers to coordinate optimal care and resources for the patient and his or her family – in a timely basis and consistent with state regulations and Carelon Health Palliative Care Health standards and policy.

• You’ll be supported along the way by our Patient Care Center, which provides another layer of interaction with the patient and patient families and provides our NP’s and PA’s clinical and non-clinical administrative support.

• Each day, you’ll maintain patient medical records and medical documentation consistent with state regulations and Carelon Health Palliative Care health standards and policy through our EMR system.

• Participate in continuing education as required by the state where you reside.

• Prescribe medication as permitted by your state prescribing authority.

Minimum Requirements

• Family or Adult Nurse Practitioner with appropriate certification and licensure in the state where you reside is required.

• Possession of DEA registration or eligibility required.

• CPR certification required.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences:

• 2+ years of experience in home-based services, complex cases, and hospice and/or palliative care is preferred; some bedside hospital, oncology, ER or ICU experience is highly preferred.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills preferred to ensure that each of your interactions with patients, family caregivers, clinicians, and team members is effective and meaningful.

• Experience working with EMR (Electronic Medical Records) systems is preferred.

• Bi-lingual English / Spanish a plus.

For candidates working in person or remotely in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $123,552 to $177,076

Locations: California

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the company. The company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws .

• The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.