Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
About The Position
As part of Acadian Palliative Care, a part of LHC Group and the Optum family of businesses, the Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner provides direct patient and family care through palliative care consultations. The role ensures specialty services for patients with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care. Care is personalized and delivered using approved, evidence-based palliative medicine practices, with attention to patients’ physical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial, ethical, educational, and safety needs. The practitioner uses palliative care expertise to develop and evaluate plans of care. This includes systematically gathering information from medical records, family history, and caregivers; conducting comprehensive specialty assessments; interpreting findings; reconciling medications; formulating problem-related diagnoses; initiating therapeutic interventions; and evaluating patient responses. ACHPN certification is encouraged after two years of employment or when experience requirements are met.
Requirements
- RN/APRN licensure in the state of practice.
- Nurse Practitioner/CNS with prescriptive authority.
- BCLS licensure.
- At least 5 years of clinical nursing experience.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced practice palliative care certification (ACHPN).
- At least 1 year as an APRN in Hospice, Palliative Care, or Oncology.
- ACHPN certification is encouraged after 2 years of employment or when experience requirements are met.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient and family care through palliative care consultations for patients with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care.
- Use approved, evidence-based palliative medicine practices ethically and effectively in patient care.
- Incorporate palliative care knowledge and clinical expertise to formulate an effective plan of care.
- Systematically gather pertinent information from medical records, family history, caregivers, and other sources.
- Conduct thorough specialty assessments of patients’ physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
- Complete comprehensive assessments using palliative care assessment domains and interpret the findings.
- Conduct medication reconciliation, formulate problem-related diagnoses, initiate therapeutic interventions, and evaluate outcomes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401k contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Development opportunities for other roles.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
