Nurse Practitioner Hospice PRN
About The Position
The Per Diem Hospice Nurse Practitioner provides compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals with life-limiting illnesses, focusing on comfort, dignity, and quality of life. Working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary hospice team, the Nurse Practitioner assesses patient needs, manages symptoms, and supports patients and families through end-of-life care. The role includes conducting face-to-face encounters to assess disease-related changes, functional decline, pain and symptom management, coping mechanisms, and quality of life. The Nurse Practitioner orders and reviews diagnostic procedures when appropriate for palliation and treatment of the terminal disease, documents treatment plans, and reviews results with a collaborating physician. The role also includes communicating significant findings and changes to the clinical manager, attending physician, and interdisciplinary team, making referrals as needed, and participating in team conferences. The hourly pay range is $50.85 to $76.27, based on full-time employment and factors including local labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications. Benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements. Candidates must pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Requirements
- Current and unencumbered Nurse Practitioner license in the state where the employee is assigned to work.
- Current CPR certification.
- 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 and provide copies of active collaborating physician agreements, including whether they are transferable to employment with Amedisys.
- Insurance required by state law for Nurse Practitioners to practice and prescribe, or eligibility for those insurance requirements to be satisfied through employer group coverage.
- At least 1 year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner, or at least 1 year of hospice Registered Nurse experience within the last 3 years.
- Knowledge of Medicare reimbursement and coding for home, office, nursing home, assisted living, and other levels of service, as well as Medicaid and other regulatory requirements.
- Driver’s license and access to reliable transportation.
Responsibilities
- Communicate significant findings, problems, and changes in the patient's condition or environment to the clinical manager, attending physician, and other interdisciplinary team members.
- 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.
- Order and review appropriate laboratory tests, X-rays, EKGs, and other diagnostic procedures for palliation and treatment of the terminal disease as dictated by the patient's condition; document the treatment plan and review results with the collaborating physician.
- Make referrals to other disciplines as indicated by the patient's needs.
- Actively participate in interdisciplinary team conferences.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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