Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care PRN

Responsibilities

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Implements interventions to support the patient with chronic conditions to decrease recurring hospitalizations.
• Affords palliative care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.
• Maintains monitoring of the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Collaborates with primary care physicians/NP by making appropriate referrals, follow up calls, and coordination of care.
• Facilitates patient and family decision making by providing education on palliative care for chronic conditions, end of life care, advance directives, and chronic care management.
• Provides accurate, bedside, legible documentation in patient’s medical records, using appropriate billing codes.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Licensure.
• Nurse Practitioner certification in Hospice or Palliative Care within 1 year of starting the position.
• Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Minimum of 5 years OR clinical hospice and palliative care experience.
• 2 years’ experience in the Nurse Practitioner role preferred.