Palliative Care Advance Practice Provider
About The Position
The Inova Palliative team is seeking a full-time Palliative Care Advanced Practice Provider (APP- NP/PA) to join our growing team. This APP will care for adult patients at the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus as part of an interdisciplinary team of 5 physicians, 3 advance practice providers, two clinical therapists, a nurse, a chaplain, and hospice coordinators. Our comprehensive, expert team carries out specialty consultation throughout the 923-bed hospital campus, with a strong focus on both advanced symptom management and serious illness communication. The Fairfax Palliative Care team is also part of a larger Inova wide palliative care team including 9 physicians, 9 APPs, 7 clinical therapists, 4 hospice coordinators, nurses, and a palliative chaplain addressing acute care and outpatient palliative needs. This is a particularly exciting time for Palliative Care at Inova as we have launched Inova Serious Illness Care to promote primary palliative skills across the organization and increase electronic tools and capabilities to guide and document advance care planning and goals of care discussions. Inova is also launching a joint venture in hospice care, Gilchrist Inova Hospice. We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare. Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program; Board Certified Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- BLS/ACLS Certification through American Heart Association (AHA)
- Valid, or ability to obtain, VA license and VA DEA
- Credentialed by the INOVA Health System as an associate or courtesy member of the medical staff with clinical privileges in internal medicine, to include the care of inpatients
- Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor
- Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services
Nice To Haves
- Preferably at least 1 year of experience in Palliative Care.
- Currently hold an NP/PA certification in palliative care or the ability to obtain it within 3 years
Responsibilities
- Participation in interdisciplinary and other team meetings to optimize clinical integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of service delivery
- Inpatient consultation and rotating weekend call schedule (day coverage)
- Supervision of learners such as rotating APP fellows
- Collaboration in systemwide quality initiatives
- Collaboration with Hospice partners to ensure appropriate transitions
- Commitment to obtaining license-specific palliative certification within 3 years of employment
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- robust team member wellness program
- market-competitive base salary
- comprehensive performance incentive plan
- compensation structure designed to reward quality, patient access, and clinical productivity
- Sign-On, Retention, and Relocation bonuses
- Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
- 457B retirement plan is also available for physicians in a 0.5 FTE and greater
- Up to $2,500 a year for CME support and up to 5 days of CME
- Up to $5,250 per year in education assistance
- up to $10,000 for student loans
- paid time off
- paid parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
