PRN Nurse Practitioner | Horizon Home Health and Hospice | Twin Falls, ID

Horizon Home Health and Hospice • Twin Falls, ID

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About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner provides medical care and palliates and manages terminal illness in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act, under the supervision of a collaborating physician. The role evaluates patients, develops and manages individualized plans of care, coordinates hospice services, and supports hospice eligibility and recertification decisions. The Nurse Practitioner collaborates with the hospice medical director, interdisciplinary team, other healthcare practitioners, and collaborating physician to ensure appropriate symptom control and care.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical care and palliate and manage terminal illness in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act under the supervision of a collaborating physician.
• Complete history and physical examinations; evaluate patients' medical conditions and health histories; order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests or procedures; diagnose health conditions; and document findings in medical records.
• Manage health conditions and terminal illnesses by developing individualized plans of care, prescribing medications and/or treatments, obtaining consultations or making referrals, and coordinating hospice care services.
• Complete hospice face-to-face visits before the third and subsequent hospice benefit periods to assess eligibility under hospice conditions of participation and local coverage determinations.
• Provide clinical information to the hospice medical director to support interpretation of hospice recertification eligibility.
• Recommend to the hospice medical director whether patients are eligible for hospice certification and recertification.
• Review clinical information and coordinate and oversee patient care in consultation with the hospice interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure patients receive appropriate symptom-control measures.
• Review and develop treatment protocols and propose intervention options based on literature in collaboration with the collaborating physician.
• Consult the collaborating physician when a patient's plan of care falls outside standardized practice and protocols.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed