Nurse Practitioner - PRN - Palliative Care

UnitedHealth Group•Huntingdon, TN

About The Position

Explore opportunities with Baptist Memorial Palliative Care in Huntingdon, TN, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together. As the Palliative Care Nurse, you will provide direct patient and family care through palliative care consultations, ensuring specialty services for patients with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care. Schedule is PRN, 2-3 days week and will be shared between Union City and Huntingdon agencies. You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Requirements

RN/APRN licensure in state of practice
Nurse Practitioner/CNS with prescriptive authority
BCLS licensure
5+ years of clinical nursing experience
Driver’s License and access to reliable transportation

Nice To Haves

Advanced practice palliative care certification (ACHPN)
Current CPR certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire
1+ years as APRN in Hospice, Palliative Care, or Oncology

Responsibilities

Demonstrates effective and ethical use of approved evidence-based palliative medicine practices in the delivery of all patient care based on physical, emotional, spiritual, psycho/social, ethical, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served
Demonstrates knowledgeable clinical expertise by incorporating palliative care body of knowledge to formulate an effective plan of care
Gathers pertinent information systematically from all sources, including medical records, family history, and caregivers, and thorough specialty physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual clinical patient assessment
Completes a comprehensive assessment utilizing the palliative care domains of assessment, interprets findings, conducts medication reconciliation, and formulates problem-related diagnoses, initiates plan of care utilizing therapeutic interventions, and evaluates the results of these actions for adequate outcome responses