Palliative Care Team, NP/PA

ChristianaCare•Christiana, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

ChristianaCare is searching for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join its talented Supportive and Palliative Care team working in the Christiana and Wilmington hospitals located in Newark and Wilmington, Delaware respectively. Our interdisciplinary team includes physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse navigators, chaplains, and dedicated social workers. Ideal candidates will have a primary interest in doing inpatient consults, follow ups and teaching, with outpatient call coverage. Interested candidates must have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be an excellent team player and educator, and committed to continuous learning and personal growth. You will help provide clinical leadership and expertise within the palliative care clinical team and identify opportunities to improve the patient and family experience of care and to improve the effectiveness of resource use.

Requirements

Masters’ degree from an accredited program for graduate level nursing or Physician Assistant Studies with appropriate specialty certification
Licensed or eligible for licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant in the state of Delaware
Acute Care NP Certification required
BLS required

Nice To Haves

Advanced Palliative Medicine Certification preferred; or attained within 2 years.
Palliative care experience and experience as a provider preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical leadership and expertise within the palliative care clinical team.
Identify opportunities to improve the patient and family experience of care.
Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness of resource use.
Inpatient consults, follow ups and teaching.
Outpatient call coverage.