Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Palliative Medicine

Mayo Clinic•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

The Palliative Medicine Advanced Practice Provider is part of a multidisciplinary team that focuses on improving the quality of life of people with serious, life limiting illnesses through symptom management, support, and shared medical decision making. Along with Physicians, Palliative Care Nurses, Social Workers and Chaplains, the APPs help manage patients with high symptom burden, poor quality of life, psychosocial distress, and/or complex advanced care planning needs in both the outpatient clinic and the inpatient setting. The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant has advanced health assessment and decision-making skills, prepared through a formal educational program that meets criteria established by the profession. Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants are certified by examination of an approved certifying body. This individual works in collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals to provide health care across the continuum of care for assigned patients. Provides primary health care and/or specialty-specific care to individuals and families. The provision of care includes, but is not limited to: comprehensive assessment, ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescription of pharmacological agents and treatments, and non-pharmacological therapies. Nurse Practitioners: Teaching and counseling individuals, families, and groups are an important part of the Nurse Practitioner's practice. Physician Assistants: Monitors the effectiveness of the therapeutic interventions. Makes appropriate referrals. Performs minor procedures as approved by the AZ Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants. This individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the life span. The ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and appropriately interpret information relative to the patient's age-specific needs is required. The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant demonstrates leadership through involvement on committees and team projects, education, and research and actively seeks to improve the practice through performance improvement initiatives. Active in professional organizations and participates in community activities. The American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Advanced Practice Registered Nursing, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, Rules of the Arizona State Board of Nursing are the basis for practice. During the selection process you may participate in an OnDemand (pre-recorded) interview that you can complete at your convenience. During the OnDemand interview, a question will appear on your screen, and you will have time to consider each question before responding. You will have the opportunity to re-record your answer to each question – Mayo Clinic will only see the final recording. The complete interview will be reviewed by a Mayo Clinic staff member and you will be notified of next steps.

Requirements

Nurse Practitioner: Masters-prepared graduate of an accredited school of nursing and Nurse Practitioner program.
Current AZ RN and APRN license and certification as an FNP, ANP or ACNP (for Nurse Practitioner).
Physician Assistant: Graduate of accredited Physician Assistant program with current PA certification by NCCPA and registration as a PA by the AZ State Board of Medical Practice.
Active BLS certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross at start date.
DEA registration required.

Responsibilities

Improve the quality of life of people with serious, life limiting illnesses through symptom management, support, and shared medical decision making.
Manage patients with high symptom burden, poor quality of life, psychosocial distress, and/or complex advanced care planning needs in both the outpatient clinic and the inpatient setting.
Provide health care across the continuum of care for assigned patients in collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals.
Provide primary health care and/or specialty-specific care to individuals and families.
Perform comprehensive assessment, order, conduct and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe pharmacological agents and treatments, and non-pharmacological therapies.
Teach and counsel individuals, families, and groups (for Nurse Practitioners).
Monitor the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions (for Physician Assistants).
Make appropriate referrals.
Perform minor procedures as approved by the AZ Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants.
Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the life span.
Assess data reflective of the patient's status and appropriately interpret information relative to the patient's age-specific needs.
Demonstrate leadership through involvement on committees and team projects, education, and research.
Actively seek to improve the practice through performance improvement initiatives.
Be active in professional organizations and participate in community activities.