Hospice & Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
On-siteConway, South Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Conduct Medicare-required hospice face-to-face visits for patients entering or recertifying for the third benefit period and beyond. Assess disease progression, functional decline, and symptom burden while collaborating with physicians on prognosis and certification recommendations. Manage pain, dyspnea, nausea, and other symptoms through evidence-based treatment plans and medication prescriptions. Participate in Interdisciplinary Team meetings to develop patient plans of care and provide clinical guidance during rotating after-hours and weekend on-call shifts. Ensure compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation and Medicare Hospice Benefit regulations through accurate electronic documentation. Provide cross-coverage for the Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner during absences or increased patient volume. Maintain knowledge of state licensing requirements and organizational policies while contributing to quality improvement initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, either through an AD, Diploma or BSN program
- Graduate of a Masters degree in nursing program with a major or post-masters as a nurse practitioner
- Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of North Carolina / South Carolina
- Approval for practice as a nurse practitioner by the North Carolina Board of Nursing and the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
- Minimum of five years general medical experience in inpatient, outpatient and nursing home settings
- Two years as a nurse practitioner
- Experience in an acute care setting
- Demonstrated competence in leadership and teaching
- Demonstrated achievement and familiarity with administrative nursing techniques
- Good hand/eye coordination and manipulative skills when performing examination, providing treatments, injections, use computer, etc.
- Speaking clearly to communicate with patients, families, physicians and staff regarding patient's condition and care
- Must be able to communicate and be literate in the English language
- Working knowledge in the use of personal computer workstations and Microsoft Windows environment for delivering patient care to include placing orders for clinical services, reviewing results from clinical tests and documenting delivered care
- Ability to deal with the public, co-workers, patients, guests, outside agencies and physicians in a professional manner
- Ability to positively interact with patients, families, physicians and staff in order to effectively care for the patients
- Competence at providing leadership and direction to supervisees
- Strong interpersonal skills to manage working relationships with departmental leadership
- Ability to lift and/or maneuver objects weighing at least 45 pounds or less in the assessment and implementation of patient care
- Requires pushing, moving, lifting of patients
- Must be able to assess a patient's condition, formulate a Plan of Care, implement appropriate interventions to meet patient/family outcomes
- Requires higher level of mental faculties accompanied by short and long-term memory
- Strong problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Must be able to assess patients and to utilize sight to implement and evaluate Plan of Care
- Utilize hearing to auscultate lung sounds, bowel sounds and effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, and staff
- Must have reliable transportation
- Will be subject to the Safe Driver Policy
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
Desired Qualifications
- Certification in hospice/palliative care preferred (CHPN, ACHPN)
- Experience in an acute care setting desirable
- Experience in hospice/palliative care
- Experience in an acute care setting desirable
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