PRN Palliative Nurse Practitioner

Anew Hospice•Kokomo, IN

6d•Remote

About The Position

A Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner opening at Anew Palliative Care LLC, offering PRN hours in the Kokomo / Tipton / Noblesville, IN area. Anew Palliative Care LLC is an Indiana-owned company committed to providing compassionate care, clinical excellence, and outstanding customer service to patients and their families at the end of life. The role emphasizes creating a positive experience through comfort and support. This position is ideal for a Nurse Practitioner who values balance, independence, and time to recharge, offering the freedom to manage one's own schedule with team support. The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner is a registered professional nurse with advanced graduate education and clinical training who provides comprehensive home care services. They offer palliative care through evaluation and assessment of health history, health promotion, diagnosing medical conditions, managing health problems by directing and developing the plan of care, prescribing medications or treatments, and coordinating with patients, families, and other healthcare practitioners. Under physician supervision, the nurse practitioner visits patients, completes physical assessments, performs face-to-face assessments, and develops the palliative care plan of care in consultation with the palliative care interdisciplinary team, utilizing community resources to meet patient and family needs in their homes.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing and accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.
Current nursing licensure in State and CPR certification, as required by organizational policy.
Master's degree with a minimum of one (1) year Nurse Practitioner experience who has training in palliative care and/or hospice care; clinical experience in hospice or palliative care; or one who has, or is eligible for, palliative care certification.
Pediatrics: Must have experience and/or training in the developmental stages and needs of infants, children and adolescents.
Accreditation from an approved certifying body for advanced practice nursing as required by State.
Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skill, problem solving skills, mathematical skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position and/or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and/or crouching. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order.

Nice To Haves

Certification in a specialist area preferred; (e.g. Hospice and Palliative Nursing (CHPN), Pediatrics or Geriatrics).

Responsibilities

Provides medical care, palliates and manages terminal illness in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act.
Completes history and physical examinations, by evaluating the patient's medical condition and health history, ordering and interpreting results from laboratory and diagnostic tests or procedures, diagnosing health conditions and documents the findings in the patient's medical record.
Manages acute and chronic health conditions and terminal illnesses by developing an individualized plan of care, prescribing medications (to the extent permitted by licensure) and or treatments, obtaining consultations or making referrals and coordinating hospice care services.
Reviews clinical information, coordinates and oversees patient care in consultation with the palliative care interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners.
Assures that patient receives appropriate measures to control symptoms through collaboration with interdisciplinary team members.
Reviews and develops protocols for treatment and proposes options for interventions based on the current medical literature.
Consults the collaborating physician or organizational leadership when the patient's plan of care is outside standardized practice and protocols.