Inpatient Palliative Care APC

Thomas Jefferson University•Philadelphia, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in Inpatient Palliative Care is responsible for performing complete histories and physicals, ordering and collecting data, and serving as the first responder for patient status changes. The role involves assessing risks associated with acute and complex chronically ill patients, collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to make diagnoses, managing diagnostic tests, and formulating differential diagnoses. The APP will formulate and implement plans of care, prescribing diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions, and may perform advanced procedures. Documentation includes daily progress notes, transfer and discharge summaries, and other relevant medical records, ensuring timeliness and compliance with acute care standards. The position also requires ongoing communication and collaboration with the health care team, patients, families, and staff to ensure continuity of care. Professional practice behaviors include preceptor/mentoring, education, engagement in research, participation in grand rounds and specialty meetings, maintaining CEUs, and professional organization membership.

Requirements

Master’s Degree

Responsibilities

Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
Serves as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.
Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
Implements and modifies plan of care.
Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and or clinic note where applicable.
Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team.
Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including: preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of graduate students.
Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidenced based practice.
Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.
Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.