Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Job Description

Job Description

Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Schedule:

• Our Inpatient palliative care team serves patients 7 days a week.   After your orientation period - your schedule will be determined based on need and discussed at the time of the interview.  There is no on call duty associated with this role.
• This role will work 40 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on team needs.

Caseloads and Visits:

• Your caseloads will be variable based on schedule and patient census.
• Consultation visits can be up to 90 minutes; follow up visits can range from 15 to 45 minutes.
• The productivity goal is 6-8 patients daily, 1-2 new consults with 5-6 follow up visits.

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll see your patients in a hospital environment.  We provide quality care regardless of circumstance to a variety of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• You’ll need to be comfortable educating the caregivers on how to care for their loved one. This might include things like disease education, advance care planning, how to administer medications, and what to expect at end-of-life.
• You’ll be provided with a company phone, and other equipment as applicable to perform your duties.
• You will coordinate care between your patient’s community medical providers, and other disciplines to provide updates, obtain and place new orders. This coordination takes place during and in between visits.  
• You will be part of an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) consisting of a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, and a medical social worker.  The team meets each morning at 8:30 AM to review patient assignments and discuss complex cases as needed. There is also a monthly business meeting with our CMO.
• You’ll also collaborate with inpatient hospice clinical liaisons to coordinate and facilitate patient care at end-of-life.