Hospice and Palliative Nurse Practitioner

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AdvisaCare Hospice & Palliative Care is looking for the right Nurse Practitioner to join our family.

We're seeking someone who shares our mission:

🤎 Provide compassionate care 🍂 Support patients during vulnerable moments 🏡 Meet people where they are 💜 Make a meaningful difference through every interaction

If you believe in caring for the whole person with compassion, dignity, and heart, we'd love to hear from you.

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Requirements

• Qualifications:

• Current unrestricted Nurse Practitioner in Michigan required.

• Minimum of one-year experience in a Medicare-certified home health/hospice agency preferred.

• Demonstrated knowledge of home health nursing/hospice and/or outpatient services preferred.

• Willing and able to meet the agency need to support hospice Medical Director/designee.

• Understanding of performance improvement with the ability to communicate and operationalize performance improvement initiatives at the departmental and organizational level.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, sound judgement, effective organizational, prioritization and follow-through skills, attention to detail, tact, dependability, emotional intelligence, ability to maintain confidentiality and promote positive, constructive relationships with communication and collaboration at all levels required.

• Positive, professional interpersonal skills.

• Meets health requirements demanded of all clinical/field staff who provide service through the agency.

• Position Specific Responsibilities

• • Performs routine and urgent assessments:

• Availability PRN/Part Time

• Conducts medical evaluations of predominantly elderly, frail, seriously ill patients in their home environment.

• Orders, performs, and interprets laboratory and radiology tests within scope of professional practice to assess patient’s clinical problems and health care needs.

• Prescribes medications including controlled substances to the extent delegated and licensed.

• Orders treatments and durable medical equipment as indicated.

• Performs other therapeutic measures as indicated.

• Assists patients and families in identification of goals of treatment and ongoing plans of care at every visit. Communicates these goals among Interdisciplinary Team.

• Consults with palliative care physician or designees as needed, informs primary physician of services provided and collaborate with other physicians as needed.

• Assists in all facets of care coordination for palliative care referrals.

• Prepares and maintains accurate patient records, charts, and documents to support sound medical practice and reimbursement for services provided.

• Ensuring continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multidisciplinary care team or with other specialty areas.

• Participates in Quality Assurance activities and committee related to Nurse Practitioner scope of practice and policies/procedures.

• Complies with applicable laws and regulations with respect to Collaborative Agreements.

• Provides training and ongoing education and onboarding support for staff.

• Defines goals for professional growth and participates actively in professional activities and organizations.

• Engages in active and frequent self-care activities for personal and professional growth and longevity.

• Adheres to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff and the Organization.

• • Collaborates/communicates with Medical Director, attending Physician, hospital staff, and Interdisciplinary Team:

• Participates in Interdisciplinary Team meeting bi-weekly.

• Collaborates/communicates with Interdisciplinary Team needs of patient for clinical and psycho-social interventions.

• Assists in identifying the need for intervention of other Interdisciplinary Team members.

• Effectively communicates patient and family needs to Interdisciplinary Team.

• Completes and submits required clinical documentation within 24 hours of visit completion.

• • Educates patient and caregiver regarding:

• Care of patient.

• Disease process.

• Goal setting.

• Symptom control.

• Treatment options.

• Prognosis.

• Advance Care Planning.

• Supervises nurse trainees, including graduate and advanced practice nurses in field placements.

• Must be able to operate an automobile/has access to personal transportation.

• Able to lift/transfer/push/pull up to 100 pounds infrequently using assistive techniques and devices appropriate to manage the task.

• Must be able to complete multi-tasks and meet multi-deadlines.

• Proactively promotes census growth and seeks to offer care that meets the unmet diverse needs of the community.

• Performs other duties as assigned.