Community Health Nurse Practitioner
Indianapolis, IN
DOE
Job # 18164
Job Description
Community Health Family Nurse Practitioner
Indianapolis, Indiana
Make a meaningful difference by bringing compassionate care directly to individuals who need it most. Join a collaborative team helping people with mental illness and chronic health conditions improve their well-being, access essential services, and build healthier lives.
What’s in it for you
- A meaningful opportunity to improve health outcomes through personalized, community-based care.
- A hybrid care delivery model combining in-person visits with telehealth, as clinically appropriate.
- Collaboration with an interdisciplinary team committed to recovery and whole-person care.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus malpractice coverage.
- 401(k), HSA, FSA, and dependent care FSA options.
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal time, and sick time, plus company-paid holidays.
- Mileage reimbursement or travel support for field visits.
This role will be responsible for
- Providing direct clinical care in community settings, including patients’ homes, and through telehealth.
- Conducting follow-up visits within seven days of behavioral health-related emergency department or inpatient discharge.
- Assessing medical and behavioral health needs and developing individualized care plans.
- Supporting medication adherence through education, medication reconciliation, and bridge prescriptions when needed.
- Prescribing and administering long-acting antipsychotic medications and monitoring vital signs.
- Providing same-day urgent visits and managing chronic conditions to help reduce avoidable emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.
- Coordinating care with nurses, physicians, coaches, community health workers, peer specialists, and external providers.
- Addressing barriers to care and connecting patients with appropriate community resources.
Expectations will include
- Maintaining a strong in-person clinical presence, with a primary base in Indianapolis locations and telehealth coverage as appropriate.
- Supporting patients across designated Indiana service areas.
- Promoting a recovery-focused approach that respects each patient’s goals and circumstances.
- Ensuring continuity of care and engagement with outpatient medical and behavioral health services.
- Keeping patients current on recommended preventive care and screenings.
- Completing accurate, timely, and compliant documentation of clinical encounters and care coordination.
- Participating in team meetings, complex case reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Working independently while communicating effectively with a collaborative care team.
A qualified candidate will possess the following
- An active, unencumbered Indiana Nurse Practitioner license in good standing with prescriptive authority.
- Board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C).
- Current Indiana Medicaid credentialing and the ability to obtain credentialing with Carelon (Anthem).
- Experience caring for patients with mental illness, substance use disorders, and multiple medical conditions in outpatient settings.
- Demonstrated experience working with interdisciplinary care teams.
- Strong clinical, communication, organizational, and care coordination skills.
- The ability to provide care independently in office, field-based and telehealth settings.
- Basic computer and phone skills, with a willingness to learn electronic health records and collaboration tools.
- A valid driver’s license and a commitment to helping individuals achieve recovery and personal health goals.
- Preferred experience in transitional care, population health, home visits, collaborative care, or Medicaid and value-based care; multistate licensure is a plus.
*Candidates must be eligible to work in the US as well as meet the qualifications listed above in order to be considered for the Nurse Practitioner job.
Job Id: 18164
