Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Company Description

MGA Homecare has been providing Private Duty Nursing, Skilled Nursing Visits, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Therapy services within the home and community-based setting for over a decade. In 2022 MGA has opened its doors to MGA Behavior Therapy which offers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and early behavior intervention for pediatric patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.
 
We aim to help our patients and their families by delivering high-quality clinical care in the comfort of their homes. Our goal is to make the lives of our patients and their families easier by demonstrating compassion and integrity at the heart of everything we do. By bringing individualized attention and support throughout every home. MGA Homecare is proudly serving the states of Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington, and are here to be a resource for patients and their families.

Job Description

MGA Homecare is seeking a dedicated and experienced Advance Practice Registered Nurse to operate our Texas Health Steps Program. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable about the Texas Health Steps program and possess strong leadership and organizational skills to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of healthcare services to our clients. 

Duties and Responsibilities   

• Provide, complete, and review patient office-specific history, nutritional, developmental, mental health, post-partum depression, TB, vision, hearing, audiometric screening form(s) via interview of parent/patient.
• Complete review of milestones by parent/patient interview
• Provide and score surveillance/screening tool(s)
• Review results of screening tools and forms.
• Complete referrals, if indicated and as needed.
• Administer Tuberculin Skin Test (TST), and order if indicated.
• Obtain patient measurements (Length/height, weight, BMI, FOC and BP)
• Complete visual acuity screening, newborn hearing, and subjective hearing screening
• Review results of visual acuity screening and newborn hearing screening
• Review results of school-based vision and hearing screening results
• Obtain immunization record Provide list of Medicaid enrolled dental
• providers
• Determine and facilitate the ordering of needed immunizations
• Obtain consent and provide Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
• Administer immunizations (provider order or standing orders)
• Enter immunizations into ImmTrac
• Counsel patient regarding immunizations
• Obtain results of first newborn blood screen
• Determine age appropriate mandatory/required laboratory screenings
• Identify possible risk-based screenings
• Collect specimen(s) for point-of-care testing or submission to a laboratory
• Review results of point-of-care tests
• Complete laboratory request forms for specimens collected in-office and submitted to a laboratory (DSHS or lab of provider’s choice)
• Review results of point-of-care tests
• Order laboratory screenings/tests
• Instruct parent/patient on importance of main dental home
• Complete referral to main dental home - A referral to establish a dental home/main dentist is required beginning at 6 months of age.
• Provide additional individualized anticipatory guidance based on topics identified at the time of the checkup and physical exam

Qualifications

• Texas Advance Practice Registered Nurse License: Current, unrestricted license to practice in the state of Texas.
• Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience, preferably in a pediatric setting.
• Knowledge of Texas Health Steps: Familiarity with the Texas Health Steps program and its guidelines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with diverse individuals and groups.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to ensure accuracy in documentation and compliance with regulations.
• Proficiency in electronic health record (EHR) systems and other relevant software applications.

Additional Information

Benefits are available to eligible employees on the first of the month after 30 days of employment and include:

• Health, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA-available if enrolled in a high deductible plan)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA & LPFSA)
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts (DCRA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP-available if enrolled in Health plan)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 100% Company Paid Basic Life Insurance (if enrolled in Health plan)
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Critical Illness/Accident Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Identity Protection Plan
• Legal Care Plan
• Pet Discount Program

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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