Palliative Nurse Practitioner

VIA Health Partners • Florence, SC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

VIA Health Partners is a community-based, not-for-profit hospice and palliative care provider. The Palliative Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive medical care to patients with advanced life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses, supporting patients and families through end-of-life care. The role promotes high-quality hospice and palliative care, symptom relief, advance care planning, and appropriate referrals. It also serves as a medical resource for staff and supports education, training, policy development, cost-effective care, clinical efficiency, and accurate billing and documentation. The position includes local travel and is based in Florence, South Carolina.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year of related experience.
• Experience in direct care of patients with life-limiting illnesses is required.
• Related experience may include hospice and palliative care, family medicine, internal medicine, geriatrics, oncology, home health care, or medical-surgical care.
• Graduate degree.

Responsibilities

• Promote high-quality end-of-life and hospice care, including widespread use of advance directives.
• Prevent suffering and alleviate patients’ physical, spiritual, and psychological pain.
• Diagnose, treat, and manage pain and other symptoms associated with end-of-life care.
• Guide and counsel patients and families on disease progression, prognosis, and the benefits and burdens of treatments, tests, procedures, and medications.
• Prescribe or recommend therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and medications, including narcotics, in accordance with medical ethics.
• Plan for situations beyond the Nurse Practitioner’s expertise and consult the Medical Director or a Medical Services Physician as appropriate.
• Serve as an end-of-life care education resource within the organization and in the community, and pursue education that can improve outcomes.
• Evaluate patients through history-taking and physical examinations.
• Discuss patients with attending physicians, consultants, nursing staff, and other medical professionals.
• Conduct patient and family meetings to review medical issues and establish goals of care.
• Provide general psychosocial support and refer patients for dietary, exercise, non-pharmacological, or mental health therapies as appropriate.
• Prescribe medical supplies and equipment and recommend appropriate diagnostic tests and studies.
• Review and discuss advance care directives and recommend referral to hospice services.
• Participate in team discussions about patient care and self-direct learning to stay current in hospice and palliative medicine.
• Provide comprehensive medical care to VIA patients and serve as a medical resource for VIA staff.
• Assist with staff training and the education and training of healthcare professionals and the public.
• Optimize cost-effective care plans and clinical efficiency, including optimizing reimbursement.
• Assist in policy development and promote earlier and increased referrals to palliative medicine and hospice.
• Submit billing and documentation according to established policy.
• Accommodate requests from the Medical Director, directly or through the Medical Director’s agent, to modify duties in support of team and organizational goals.
• Perform other duties as required.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental plans through BCBS.
• 28 days of paid time off.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• 403(b) retirement plan with matching.
• Programs honoring veteran patients.
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN) certification.
• Orientation and onboarding program.
• Career guidance from experienced hospice leaders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level