Nurse Practitioner - PPV

Compassus•Lafayette, LA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner - PPV at Compassus is responsible for embodying the company's values of Compassion, Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, and Innovation, and for promoting its philosophy based on the 6 Pillars of Success. This role requires upholding the Code of Ethical Conduct and fostering positive working relationships internally and with external stakeholders. The Nurse Practitioner, when providing palliative care, attends to patients facing chronic, complex, and/or life-threatening conditions across various care settings. Key duties include conducting assessments, educating patients and families on disease and treatment, and managing symptoms to enhance comfort and coping. Collaboration with Primary Care Physicians (PCPs), specialists, and the assigned Compassus Medical Director is essential, ensuring adherence to practice standards and codes. The role demands a flexible schedule to meet agency needs. For hospice care, the Nurse Practitioner acts as an extension of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and hospice physician, performing routine recertification and emergency assessments, and delivering educational and evaluative services to patients and their families. This involves supporting patients and families in maintaining comfort and coping, with a flexible schedule to accommodate agency visit requirements, potentially including after-hours emergency visits and/or admissions. In palliative care programs, the Nurse Practitioner also handles outpatient responsibilities such as routine and emergency assessments, bedside patient/family evaluations, assisting with diagnosis and management of acute and chronic conditions, ordering and interpreting lab/radiology tests, prescribing medications (including controlled substances as delegated), ordering treatments and durable medical equipment, and performing other therapeutic measures. They consult with palliative care physicians, inform primary physicians, coordinate care for referrals, maintain accurate patient records for medical practice and reimbursement, comply with collaborative agreements, and assist patients and families with goal setting and advanced care planning. Additionally, the role involves training staff and contributing to the development of clinical practice guidelines.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing.
Active and unencumbered CNS or Nurse Practitioner license in state of employment.
Certified as a Nurse Practitioner in Adult, Family, Acute, or Geriatric.
Active NPI number.
Maintain active DEA certification if state allows prescription of controlled substances by APPs.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from leaders, team members, investors, and external parties.
Strong written and verbal communications.
Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English.
Articulates and embraces hospice philosophy.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Must be able to work a flexible schedule to include nights and weekends.
Must be able to travel.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, such as patient and Company files.
Current collaborative physician agreement in place (All states except Iowa).
Minimum of one (1) year nursing practice or equivalent experience (If providing Hospice Care).
Minimum of five (5) years nursing experience (If providing Palliative Care).
A minimum of 4 days of availability per month is required (If providing Palliative Care).

Nice To Haves

Hospice, oncology, or home health and/or long-term care experience preferred (If providing Hospice Care).
Clinical nursing care in oncology, hospice, geriatrics, intensive care preferred (If providing Palliative Care).
Board Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care is preferred.

Responsibilities

Modeling the Compassus values of Compassion, Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, and Innovation.
Promoting the Compassus philosophy, using the 6 Pillars of Success as the foundation.
Upholding the Code of Ethical Conduct.
Promoting positive working relationships within the company, among all departments, and all external stakeholders.
Caring for patients facing chronic, complex, and/or life-threatening conditions at various locations within the flow of patient care (if providing palliative care).
Providing assessments, disease and treatment education, and symptom management to meet the needs of palliative care patients and their families (if providing palliative care).
Helping the patient and family maintain their maximum level of comfort and coping (if providing palliative care).
Providing care and support in collaboration with the PCP and specialists (if providing palliative care).
Ensuring compliance with practice standards and codes (if providing palliative care).
Collaborating appropriately with the assigned Compassus Medical Director.
Flexing schedule to meet agency needs.
Functioning as an extension of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and hospice physician to provide routine recertification and emergency assessments, educational, and evaluative services to meet the needs of patients and their families (if providing hospice care).
Helping the patient and family maintain their maximum level of comfort and coping (if providing hospice care).
Flexing schedule to meet agency visit needs and may be asked to provide after-hours emergency visits and/ or admissions (if providing hospice care).
Performs routine and emergency assessments (If providing Hospice Care).
Completes routine and emergency recertification visits on each patient entering their 3rd benefit period or beyond (including admissions and transfers) (If providing Hospice Care).
Completes routine and emergency assessments on each patient as indicated by departmental policy (If providing Hospice Care).
Records observations, treatments, and other pertinent information (If providing Hospice Care).
Communicates with Medical Director, Attending Physician, DCS and IDT as directed regarding findings from the visits and any measures to alleviate symptoms (If providing Hospice Care).
Provides physical and emotional care to support the patient and family in period of crisis (If providing Hospice Care).
Prevents unwarranted hospitalizations by meeting patient and family needs in the home (If providing Hospice Care).
Performs routine and emergency assessments related to outpatient palliative care visits (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Performs bedside palliative care patient/family evaluation in the patient’s place of residence (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Assists with diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute and chronic health conditions (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Orders, performs, and interprets laboratory and radiology tests within scope of professional practice (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Prescribes medications including controlled substances to the extent delegated and licensed (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Orders treatments and durable medical equipment as indicated (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Performs other therapeutic or corrective measures as indicated, including urgent care (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Consults with palliative care physician or designees as needed, informs primary physician of services provided and collaborates with other physicians as needed (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Assists in all facets of care coordination for palliative care referrals (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Prepares and maintains accurate patient records, charts, and documents to support sound medical practice and reimbursement for services provided (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Complies with applicable laws and regulations with respect to Collaborative Agreements (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Initiates reimbursement for services rendered (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Assists patients and families with goal setting related to treatment options and advanced care planning (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Provides training and continuing education for staff (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Assists in development of clinical practice guidelines/standards in support of quality palliative care (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Adheres to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff and the organization (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Collaborates/Communicates with Medical Director, attending physician, DCS, and IDT (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Collaborates/ Communicates with IDT needs of patient for clinical and psycho-social interventions (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Assists in identifying the need for intervention of other IDT members (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Effectively communicates patient and family needs to IDT (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Completes and submits required paper work within 24 hours of visit completion (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Educates patient and caregiver regarding care of patient, disease process, dying process, symptom control, wound care (If providing Palliative Care - Outpatient).
Performs other duties as assigned.
Completes routine and emergency recertification visits on each patient entering their 3rd benefit period or beyond (including admissions and transfers) (If providing Hospice Face to Face Visits).
Records observations, treatments, and other pertinent information (If providing Hospice Face to Face Visits).
Communicates with Medical Director, Attending Physician, DCS and IDT as directed regarding findings from the visits and any measures to alleviate symptoms (If providing Hospice Face to Face Visits).
Provides physical and emotional care to support the patient and family in period of crisis (If providing Hospice Face to Face Visits).
Consistent communication of availability to manager (If providing Palliative Care).
A minimum of 4 days of availability per month is required (If providing Palliative Care).
Ability to triage consults by patient acuity (If providing Palliative Care).
Performs bedside palliative care with patient/family education (If providing Palliative Care).
Orders, performs, and interprets laboratory and radiology tests within scope of professional practice (If providing Palliative Care).
Prescribes medications including controlled substances to the extent delegated and licensed (If providing Palliative Care).
Orders treatments and durable medical equipment as indicated (If providing Palliative Care).
Performs other therapeutic measures as indicated (If providing Palliative Care).
Consults with palliative care physician or designees as needed, informs primary physician of services provided and collaborate with other physicians as needed (If providing Palliative Care).
Assists in all facets of care coordination for palliative care referrals (If providing Palliative Care).
Prepares and maintains accurate patient records, charts, and documents to support sound medical practice and reimbursement for services provided (If providing Palliative Care).
Complies with applicable laws and regulations with respect to Collaborative Agreements (If providing Palliative Care).
Completes accurate billing and coding activities for all patient encounters according to CMS guidelines (If providing Palliative Care).
Defines goals for professional growth and participates actively in professional activities and organizations (If providing Palliative Care).
Engages in active and frequent self-care activities for personal and professional growth and longevity (If providing Palliative Care).
Adheres to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff and the Organization (If providing Palliative Care).
Assists patients and families in identification of goals of treatment and ongoing plans of care at every visit (If providing Palliative Care).
Communicates these goals among Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) (If providing Palliative Care).
Participates in monthly IDT meeting with market team (If providing Palliative Care).
Collaborates/ Communicates with IDT needs of patient for clinical and psycho-social interventions (If providing Palliative Care).
Assists in identifying the need for intervention of other IDT members (If providing Palliative Care).
Effectively communicates patient and family needs to IDT (If providing Palliative Care).
Completes and submits required clinical documentation within 24 hours of visit completion (If providing Palliative Care).
Educates patient and caregiver regarding care of patient, disease process, goal setting, symptom control, treatment options, prognosis, Advance Care Planning (If providing Palliative Care).
Supervises nurse trainees, including graduate and advance practice nurses in field placements (If providing Palliative Care).
Participates in supervision of other trainees, including medical students, residents, fellows, and social work and psychology trainees (If providing Palliative Care).