Hospice Nurse Practitioner-Atlanta, GA

Ennoble Care • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

Ennoble Care is seeking an experienced Per Diem Nurse Practitioner to provide face-to-face assessments for hospice patients in the Atlanta, Georgia region. The Nurse Practitioner applies medical techniques and principles under physician supervision and cares for patients with chronic diseases. The role focuses on reviewing hospice eligibility and required face-to-face encounters, assessing clinical decline, documenting continued hospice eligibility, reviewing medications, and coordinating with patients, families, and the hospice care team.

Requirements

• Experienced Nurse Practitioner.
• Ability to provide face-to-face assessments for hospice patients.
• Ability to apply medical techniques and principles under physician supervision.

Responsibilities

• Review daily schedules and visit locations, and confirm required face-to-face encounters are completed within regulatory timeframes.
• Review hospice eligibility, terminal diagnoses, prior certifications, nursing and interdisciplinary group notes, hospitalizations and emergency visits, medication changes, and indicators of decline.
• Review patient history and prior face-to-face documentation before visits, including eligibility indicators, functional and nutritional decline, PPS/FAST trends, cognitive changes, symptom burden, and caregiver availability.
• Document continued decline and hospice eligibility using objective findings, including PPS and FAST scores when applicable, weight loss or mid-arm circumference, infections or hospitalizations, and increased dependence.
• Ensure documentation supports physician recertification and avoid vague descriptions of patient status.
• Reconcile medications, assess comfort medications and their effectiveness, identify unnecessary or non-covered medications, and address symptom-management concerns.
• Communicate recommendations and urgent concerns to the hospice physician, interdisciplinary team, and clinical leadership as appropriate.
• Educate patients and families about disease progression and expectations, and reinforce goals of care and the hospice philosophy.
• Collaborate with case managers and the medical director, and update clinical leadership regarding high-risk patients.
• Complete the face-to-face note on the same day, include the required clinical and eligibility information, and sign documentation promptly.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for full-time employees.
• Supplementary benefits for full-time employees, including life insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care, accident coverage, critical illness coverage, and hospital indemnity.
• Paid time off and paid office holidays for full-time employees.
• Paid sick time for all employees.
• 401(k) with up to 3% company match.
• Referral program.
• Payactiv pay-on-demand.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed