Nurse Practitioner - PRN

Position Summary

A Nurse Practitioner is a registered professional nurse who provides hospice services under the state Nurse Practice Act, collaborating with a physician. They evaluate health histories, diagnose conditions, manage health problems, prescribe treatments, and collaborate with patients and healthcare practitioners. They visit patients, perform assessments, and evaluate hospice eligibility. They use community resources to plan services and meet individual and family needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide medical care, palliates, and manages terminal illness in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act under the supervision of a collaborating physician.
• Complete history and physical examinations, by evaluating the patient’s medical condition and health history, ordering and interpreting results from laboratory and diagnostic tests or procedures, diagnosing health conditions and documenting the findings in the patient’s medical record.
• Manage health conditions and terminal illnesses by developing an individualized plan of care, prescribing medications and/or treatments, obtaining consultations or making referrals and coordinating hospice care services.
• Complete the hospice face to face visit requirements prior to the third and subsequent hospice benefit periods to assess hospice eligibility based on the hospice conditions of participation and the local coverage determinations.
• Provide clinical information to the hospice medical director for interpretation for eligibility for hospice recertification.
• Make recommendations to the hospice medical director regarding patient eligibility for certification and recertification for hospice care.
• Review clinical information, coordinates and oversees patient care in consultation with the hospice interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners.
• Assure that patients receive appropriate measures to control symptoms, through collaboration with interdisciplinary team members.
• Review and develop protocols for treatment and propose options for interventions based on literature in collaboration with the collaborating physician.
• Consult the collaborating physician when the patient's plan of care is outside standardized practice and protocols.
• Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary group to create, review and revise the patient's plan of care.
• Consult with the patient's attending physician, the hospice medical director and other healthcare practitioners regarding the patient's eligibility for hospice care, ongoing care needs and medical management related to the patient's terminal condition.