Palliative Care Physician Assistant

Responsibilities

• Provide primary and urgent care services to nursing center residents in collaboration with the other medical providers in the center.
• Collaborate with Center Leadership to achieve the center’s mission of improving the lives we touch through the delivery of high quality health care and everyday compassion.
• Provide palliative care services to nursing center residents with serious illness in collaboration with the primary care team.
• Work as a specialized consultant within the interprofessional team who provides recommendations for the plan of care while incorporating patient goals and preferences.
• Provide guidance and education to the patient, family, primary care team, nursing, social work, and rehabilitation therapies regarding risks and benefits of relevant interventions in order to facilitate the shared-decision making process.
• Utilize evidence-based practice and standards of care for managing patient care.
• Develop and implement advanced care planning on all residents.
• Follow up and evaluate the patient status as necessary.
• Complete all necessary documentation regarding health care of customers in accordance with established policies and procedures and relevant State and Federal regulatory requirements.
• Provide health education to patients and families.
• Demonstrate continued professional competence.
• Participate in center-based quality initiatives.
• Support the development of nursing staff, in collaboration with the Center Nursing Executive programs.
• Participate in clinical initiatives including avoiding hospital transfer, ACO initiatives, and other quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing program, licensed as a registered nurse, certified as a Nurse Practitioner by being a nursing graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program with a Master’s Degree in Nursing and having a concentration and specialty track of Older Adult and/or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).
• Physician Assistant must be a graduate from a program accredited by the ARC-PA and take the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) to use the PAC designation. PA state licensure required. NCCPA certification required.
• A minimum of two years experience working with the adult or geriatric population is preferred.
• In states where practice allows; APRN with an unrestricted professional license and DEA, for each state in which they practice.