Palliative Care - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant- Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown Hospital

Piedmont Healthcare Inc. • Columbus, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Piedmont Healthcare is recruiting a full-time Palliative Care Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to work at Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown Hospital. The provider serves in an advanced practice role supporting palliative care patients and their families, including assessment, care planning, consultation, education, documentation, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Requirements

• For the Physician Assistant pathway: graduate from a Physician Assistants program; hold a current license for the Georgia State Composite Board and licensure as a Physician's Assistant by the National Board of Medical Examiners.
• For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: graduate from a school of nursing, hold a current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing, and have a Master’s degree in Nursing.

Nice To Haves

• Three years of nursing experience in internal medicine/palliative care or ICU, with demonstrated clinical competence.
• Demonstrated commitment to the philosophy, mission, and objectives of palliative and end-of-life care.
• Ability to articulate palliative care concepts to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze medical information, including assessments, screening, diagnostic testing results, and prognostic indicators, and develop diagnosis and treatment care plans for patients and families.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and dictation of inpatient medical records.
• Participate in advanced care planning and educate patients, families, and the community.
• Promote clinical competency by providing interdisciplinary education to staff related to the service.
• Serve as a consultant to nursing staff, physicians, and other healthcare providers.
• Perform planning, contracts, public education, and ethics functions.
• Provide information to palliative physicians consulting on hospitalized patients who need acute palliative or hospice palliative care.
• Communicate with patients, families, the palliative care interdisciplinary team, and other healthcare team members.
• Collaborate with attending physicians, hospital staff, consultants, palliative physicians, and hospice medical directors regarding patient care, treatments, and services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time