Geriatrics Nurse Practitioner

Are you compassionate about providing the best quality end-of-life care? If you enjoy providing comfort and empathy to patients during this time in their lives, this is a great opportunity for you. We are in need of a nurse practitioner in Nacogdoches, TX for this role!

• Setting: Provide Hospice/Palliative Care for Patients
  • Work autonomously in an APP role
  • Work collaboratively with the Palliative Care Medical Team to deliver appropriate care from initial assessment through discharge
    • Assessments include: disease-specific changes, decline or change in function, nutrition and/or cognition, inadequately-controlled pain or other distressing symptoms, falls, infections, impact of disease burden on patient, caregiver, and/or family's quality of life
      
  • Prescribe medications, order/interpret labs, order treatments or medical equipment
  • Have meetings with Palliative Medical Director as needed, but no less than biweekly
• Mileage reimbursement provided
• 4x10s - no weekend schedule
  

• Minimum of 2 years of NP experience required
• ACHPN certification preferred
• Active BLS and DEA required

• Receive a paycheck every Friday
• Benefits available (medical, dental, vision, etc)
• 100% of malpractice insurance covered