Nurse Practitioner

Heart to Heart Hospice • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Heart’n Soul Hospice seeks a Nurse Practitioner to join its team and support its mission of ensuring that everyone has information and access to high-quality, compassionate care when facing a life-limiting illness. The role focuses on providing palliative and end-of-life care to patients and families, collaborating with the interdisciplinary group (IDG), physicians, and other personnel, and upholding the agency’s legal, regulatory, and personnel policies. Heart’n Soul’s core values emphasize compassion, authentic connections, listening and honoring patients, integrity, excellence in care, and empathy.

Requirements

• Graduate of a baccalaureate school of nursing.
• Current state license as a Registered Nurse and as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN).
• Current driver’s license, reliable transportation, and ongoing valid and current auto liability insurance.
• Two years of experience as an APN in a clinical care setting.
• Comprehensive knowledge of pharmacology, palliative care, and end-of-life care.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in hospice or home health.

Responsibilities

• Consult with and educate patients and families regarding disease processes, self-care techniques, and end-of-life care.
• Consult with and assist the IDG in developing patient and family plans of care to assure quality care is provided.
• Interact with attending and consulting physicians as necessary regarding palliative care, in collaboration with the hospice physician.
• Inform physicians and other personnel of changes in patient needs and outcomes of interventions, while evaluating patient and family responses to care.
• Submit all documentation in a timely manner.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Ensure overall compliance with local, state, and federal laws, Medicare regulations, and established personnel policies and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time