Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care - Farmington/Norway

Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care

MaineHealth Palliative Care is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner to join our Palliative Care team in MaineHealths Mountain Region.

The goal of palliative care is to maximize quality of life and align the individual's medical care with what matters most to them. The Palliative Care NP is an integral member of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Team of physicians, APPs, nurses, social workers, and chaplains who deliver patient-and-family-centered care to individuals of all ages living with serious illness. The Palliative Care NP will care for patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings including hospitals and ambulatory clinics in Farmington, ME (primary location), and Norway, ME.

This position offers:

• Total compensation packages may include, based on eligibility, recruitment payments, relocation assistance, shift differentials, productivity-based incentives, quality incentives and other premiums.
• The pay range for this position is $119,033 to $154,043 annually based on the candidates level of experience.
• In addition to base pay, MaineHealth offers comprehensive benefits, recognition programs and career growth opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Provides inpatient consultation services and ambulatory specialty palliative care in collaboration with the Palliative Care interdisciplinary team through expert assessment and treatment of complex symptoms, assisting with complex decision making, and providing psychosocial support.
• Collaborates successfully as a member of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Team, taking responsibility for quality and continuity of care of assigned patients.
• Embodies and serves as an ambassador for the philosophy of evidence-based care provision following NCP guidelines.
• Within the Palliative Care interdisciplinary team framework, collaborates with the patients primary care teams to facilitate identification of patient and family goals of care and access to appropriate support post discharge (e.g., home health, hospice, rehabilitation).
• Completes timely and accurate documentation of all activities in the EPIC EMR system.
• Participates in education of non-palliative care providers and promotes culture transformation to reinforce primary palliative care education to enhance compassion and support for patients within the health system.
• Respects patient confidentiality, privacy, and dignity.
• Provides services in a timely and courteous manner with care and respect for the patients individual needs.
• Participates in all practice group assignments and meetings.
• Help educate medical students, residents, nurses, APP colleagues and other hospital staff about Palliative Care principles and practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a masters degree level of education.
• Current Board Certification as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Active State of Maine NP license or eligible.
• Current BLS Certification.
• Previous APP experience required.

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America. MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.