Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

About the Role

Join SHARON S RICHARDSON HOSPICE as a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner – Low Volume Call in United States.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs bedside and in home clinical assessments, including history review and interpretation of radiologic and laboratory findings, and communicates findings to primary and specialty providers.

• Provides expert pain and symptom management for patients withseriousillnesses, integratingpatient’s goals of care, theoretical knowledge, and clinical judgment in all care decisions.

• Orders treatments, medications, and durable medical equipment in collaboration with the primary careand specialty careprovider.

• Provides hospice and palliative care services, determinespatient’swants andneeds, anticipatesservice

Requirements

• Manageslowvolumeoncallresponsibilities, primarily by phoneandprimarily forpalliative care patients.

• Demonstrates advanced communication skills, including shared decision making, complex conversations, and psychosocial and spiritual support.

• Communicatescloselywithnursenavigator and follows up onphone callsusing approved protocols, including assessment, patient education, crisis intervention, and health concerns.

• Reports significant changes in patient condition to providers, SSRCH, andRPC team.

Work Schedule

• Full-Time position.

• Call responsibilities required.

Apply to join SHARON S RICHARDSON HOSPICE as a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner – Low Volume Call.