Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
On-siteSavannah, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Conduct routine and urgent assessments for patients with chronic, complex, or life-threatening conditions, performing bedside palliative care, disease education, and symptom management. Order, interpret, and prescribe medications and treatments while managing a minimum census load of 80 patients. Collaborate with the Medical Director, primary physicians, and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate referrals, define treatment goals, and communicate psycho-social interventions. Complete accurate clinical documentation within 24 hours of visits, manage billing and coding per CMS guidelines, and provide onboarding support for trainees. Work Monday through Friday with after-hours and weekend on-call availability, including regional travel within a 60-mile radius.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in Nursing
- Minimum of five (5) years nursing experience
- clinical nursing care in oncology, hospice, geriatrics, intensive care
- Active and unencumbered CNS or Nurse Practitioner license in state of employment
- Certified as a Nurse Practitioner in Adult, Family, Acute, or Geriatric
- Active NPI number
- Maintain active DEA certification if state allows prescription of controlled substances by APPs
- Current collaborative physician agreement in place
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from leaders, team members, investors, and external parties
- Strong written and verbal communications
- Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage
- Ability to lift and move objects up to 50 pounds
- Visual acuity requirements include close and distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to include nights and weekends
- Ability to travel
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, such as patient and Company files
Desired Qualifications
- Board Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care
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