Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner

Hartford, CT

At Strive Health, patients come first. We're on a mission to transform chronic conditions by identifying risk earlier, coordinating thoughtful care, and supporting people through every stage of their health journey.

Our work reduces emergency visits, improves outcomes, and helps patients live fuller lives. You'll work alongside passionate Strivers who care deeply about making an impact, show up for one another as One Team, and find ways to elevate the everyday.

If you're looking for meaningful work where your contributions truly matter, you'll feel right at home at Strive!

As a Clinical Lead within our interdisciplinary team, you do more than treat a diagnosisyou are the visionary architect of a better life for patients navigating the complexities of CHF, CKD/ESKD, and other chronic conditions. At Strive, we have shattered the constraints of the 15-minute office visit. Here, you are granted the true autonomy to provide longitudinal, deeply personal care that meets patients exactly where they are: in their homes and via telehealth.

In this role, you will harness the power of advanced analytics, cutting-edge technology platforms, and seamless interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure world-class care reaches the right patient at the precise moment they need it. As the trusted navigator for a dedicated panel, you will blend high-touch clinical expertise with a radical "whole-person" approach. Your mission is to move the needle on what truly matters :

• Keeping patients out of the hospital.
• Slowing disease progression, ensuring every individual feels seen, heard, and deeply cared for.

Strive is fiercely committed to advancing technology that makes the Nurse Practitioner role as efficient as it is impactful. We are obsessed with reducing administrative burden, clearing the path so you can reclaim your time for what you do best: meaningful clinical care and transformative patient engagement.

The Day to Day

• Manages a defined patient panel with accountability for quality, cost and outcomes. Collaborates with external providers and care teams to ensure goals, treatment, and care plan alignment.
• Obtains patient history, performs physical exam, orders and interprets diagnostic tests and formulates a plan for individual patient short-term and longitudinal needs.
• Ensures assessment and plan of care incorporate best practices for chronic kidney care including management of all stages of CKD, ESKD and heart failure. Will support transitions to renal replacement therapy, transplant, or conservative care) as well as participation in shared decision-making and end-of-life/advanced care planning discussions.
• Accurately documents and captures diagnoses to support risk adjustment (HCC coding), identify and address care gaps related to HEDIS and preventative care.
• Presents patient cases and provides clinical support for clinical rounds and interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Serves patients and performs patient visits in multiple care settings a including patient home, telehealth visits or dialysis clinics/partner MD space (where applicable).
• Responsible for maintaining current board certification and state-specific continuing education requirements.
• Adheres to expectations outlined in Strive's documentation policy
• Provides in-person patient care which may include standing, sitting, walking, pushing, pulling, and lifting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing or similar field.
• 2+ years experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner (NP), Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) or equivalent with specialization in cardiology (CHF) or Nephrology (CKD)
• 2+ years experience with Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Current state specific licensure.
• National Board Certification.
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license or eligible to obtain within 90 days of hire.
• Current BLS or CPR Certification.
• Efficient and reliable transportation, including an active driver's license, allowing for the ability to travel across an assigned region to meet patient needs. Locations may include offices, clinics, and patient homes.
• Basic computer and Microsoft Office skills
• Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in CKD management (Stages 35), ESRD care, and dialysis management (hemodialysis and/or peritoneal dialysis, HHD), including medication optimization, volume assessment, and complication management
• Experience leading care transitions across settings (hospital ? outpatient ? dialysis) with a focus on reducing readmissions and ensuring continuity of care
• Proven ability to deliver comprehensive patient education on kidney disease progression, dialysis modality selection (home vs. in-center), and kidney transplant pathways to support informed, shared decision-making
• 2+ years experience with Electronic Health Records (EHR).
• Wound Care certification
• Experience using audio-visual technology platforms

About You

• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, documentation, and evaluation of complex chronic patients.
• Excellent communicator, team builder, and evidence of results.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of data and managing clinical, financial, and patient satisfaction outcomes.
• Excels at developing and fostering strong patient and family relationships that center on engagement, trust, honesty, empathy, follow-through and doing what's best for the patient.

Annual Salary Range: $112,000.00-$140,000.00. This position is also eligible for a target annual bonus of 10%

Final compensation will be determined based on location, experience, and qualifications.

Strive Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. At this time Strive Health is unable to provide work visa sponsorship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all qualifications. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to View email address on click.appcast.io.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from outside recruiters/placement agencies. Strive Health will not pay fees associated with resumes presented through unsolicited means.