Hospice Nurse Practitioner (NP) PRN
About The Position
Amedisys, part of the Optum family of businesses, provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. The Per Diem Hospice Nurse Practitioner provides compassionate, patient-centered care to people with life-limiting illnesses, with a focus on comfort, dignity, and quality of life. The NP works collaboratively with an interdisciplinary hospice team to assess patient needs, manage symptoms, and support patients and families through end-of-life care. The position includes conducting face-to-face encounters, communicating significant findings to the clinical manager, attending physician, and interdisciplinary team, ordering and reviewing diagnostic procedures for palliation and treatment of terminal disease, making referrals, and participating in interdisciplinary team conferences. Compensation includes per-visit-point pay for visits and an hourly rate for certain non-visit activities. The stated annual total cash target range assumes full-time employment at full productivity; actual earnings vary with visits, productivity, local labor markets, education, and work experience.
Requirements
- Current, unencumbered Nurse Practitioner license in the state assigned by the Company.
- At least one year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner, or at least one year of hospice Registered Nurse experience within the last three years.
- Authority to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the state where services are provided.
- Authority to prescribe as a Nurse Practitioner in the state where services are provided.
- Medicare billing privileges as a Nurse Practitioner.
- Meet state-specific physician-Nurse Practitioner restrictive collaborative requirements; provide copies of all active collaborating physician agreements and indicate whether they are transferable to employment with Amedisys.
- Carry insurance required by state law for Nurse Practitioners to practice and prescribe where services are provided, or be eligible for the requirements to be satisfied by employer group coverage.
- Knowledge of Medicare reimbursement and coding for all levels of service, including home, office, nursing home, and assisted living, as well as Medicaid and other regulatory requirements.
- Current CPR certification.
Responsibilities
- Complete face-to-face encounters and assess disease-related changes, functional decline, adherence to and effectiveness of pain and symptom regimens, patient and family coping mechanisms, and quality of life.
- Communicate significant findings, problems, changes in condition, or changes in the environment to the clinical manager, attending physician, and other interdisciplinary team members.
- Order and review appropriate laboratory tests, X-rays, EKGs, and other diagnostic procedures for palliation and treatment of terminal disease as indicated by the patient's condition; document the treatment plan and review results with the collaborating physician.
- Make referrals to other disciplines as indicated by patient needs.
- Actively participate in interdisciplinary team conferences.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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