Nurse Practitioner - Home Hospice (Per Diem - as needed)

Your Career at Hospice…

Hospice & Community Care provides quality care to thousands of patients and families every year so they can live better at end of life. We are able to support hundreds of individuals in our community each day because of our incredible staff. Whether in a clinical role or supporting the organization behind the scenes, your career at Hospice & Community Care makes a meaningful difference to patients and families.

• Nurse Practitioner
• Home Hospice (this role involves seeing patients in Lancaster and surrounding counties)
• PRN (as needed)
• 8am - 5pm

Essential Functions

• Serves as a member and of the hospice and palliative medicine interdisciplinary teams.
• Provides critical thinking and clinical judgment to address the goals of care of the patients and families receiving services.
• Provides clinical direction and expertise to the interdisciplinary team.

Participates in goals of care discussions and development of plans of care that are clinically appropriate and that meet accepted palliative care and Hospice & Community Care standards and guidelines.

Collaborates with the Hospice & Community Care physician or Medical Director and the team in admission, certification, recertification, and discharge decisions.

Collaborates and maintains communication with the patients’ attending providers and hospice and palliative medicine physicians as needed for the coordination of hospice care and palliative medicine services.

Monitors plans of care to assure consistency with Hospice & Community Care’s philosophy, policies, procedures, and protocols.

Provides clinical evaluations for hospice and palliative medicine patients when necessary and requested as part of the plan of care, and documents visits and services according to Medicare and organizational standards.

Provides support and education to patients, caregivers and facility staffs and acts as a liaison to facilitate plan of care goals.

Provides cross coverage to palliative care on an as needed basis including in person visits and call coverage.

Qualifications

• Certified Nurse Practitioner license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania required
• 1 year of Nurse Practitioner experience required
• ANCC or AANP board certification required
• Hospice and/or Palliative Medicine experience preferred
• Certification in Hospice & Palliative Medicine required within three years from date of hire

We Offer a Full Range of Benefits Including

• Must work a minimum of 64 hours per two-week pay period

^ Must work a minimum of 40 hours per two week pay period

Health Insurance *

Dental and Vision Insurance ^

Short and Long Term Disability- Employer Paid *

Life Insurance/Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) - Employer Paid *

Flexible Spending Account (FSA) ^

401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement plan with company match

Paid Holidays ^

Paid Time off (PTO) ^

Shift Differentials

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tuition Reimbursement Program ^

Free Flu Shots

Mileage reimbursement

Educational Opportunities

AAA Membership – Employer Paid ^

Chair Massages – Employer Paid

Fresh Fruit during the summer

Semi-Annual “All Staff” meetings

Fun, employer-sponsored activities and recognition events

Must be vaccinated for influenza or be granted a religious/medical exemption.

EOE

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