Hospice Nurse Practitoner

Job description

This position offers a 25-hour-a-week schedule and includes full benefits. It is a hybrid role and includes seeing and recertifying patients in person in a home health capacity. For more info & apply Sign up or sign in for contact information

Responsibilities:

Establishing effective relationships with referring physicians to build a culture of collaboration among specialists, primary care physicians, nurses, and other staff to meet patient needs.

Assuring patients receive quality hospice care through consultation with interdisciplinary team members, including participating in weekly and impromptu case conferences.

Providing palliative medical services for patients including written and verbal care orders and medical consultation for symptom management and GIP care. May provide primary care services as the attending on a short-term basis.

Reviewing medications, assuring they meet palliative care goals, are cost effective and are related to the patient’s terminal condition and prognosis. This includes participating in decision making for medications.

Providing goals of care conversations and palliative care consultations as appropriate at the patient’s care setting.

Providing clinical leadership in improving hospice and palliative care quality and assisting in training and onboarding clinical staff as needed.

Possibility of participating in on-call rotations with other hospice providers during the week, excluding weekends.

Requires a current unencumbered Oregon licensure as an RN and national certification as a Nurse Practitioner in family practice or adult nursing prior to the first day of employment.

Must have a master’s degree in advanced nursing or equivalent and be in good standing with Medicare such that clinical, non-administrative services provided can be billed.

Requires current unencumbered DEA license

Must have a minimum of one-year professional nursing experience

• Part time & Full Benefits
• Long Standing Non Profit
• Hospice and Palliative Care