Hospice and Palliative Nurse Practitioner

### Make this summer count! Bring care, comfort and compassion home. Join our team and brighten lives one visit at a time! **What’s your purpose? Wonder how AdvisaCare fits with your career goals? Apply today and let’s explore how we can support you in achieving your goals!** "Are you a **Nurse Practitioner** looking for a new practice home?" **AdvisaCare Hospice and Palliative Care Program** is looking for the right **Nurse Practitioner** to join our family. We are looking for someone who holds our universal mission - to provide compassionate care to all who need our services. If this is you, please provide your resume and let's schedule a time to discuss your professional journey. **Qualifications:** - Current unrestricted Nurse Practitioner in Michigan required. - Minimum of one-year experience in a Medicare-certified home health/hospice agency preferred. - Demonstrated knowledge of home health nursing/hospice and/or outpatient services preferred. - Willing and able to meet the agency need to support hospice Medical Director/designee. - Understanding of performance improvement with the ability to communicate and operationalize performance improvement initiatives at the departmental and organizational level. - Excellent interpersonal skills, sound judgement, effective organizational, prioritization and follow-through skills, attention to detail, tact, dependability, emotional intelligence, ability to maintain confidentiality and promote positive, constructive relationships with communication and collaboration at all levels required. - Positive, professional interpersonal skills. - Meets health requirements demanded of all clinical/field staff who provide service through the agency. **Position Specific Responsibilities** **- Performs routine and urgent assessments:** - Availability PRN/Part Time - Conducts medical evaluations of predominantly elderly, frail, seriously ill patients in their home environment. - Orders, performs, and interprets laboratory and radiology tests within scope of professional practice to assess patient’s clinical problems and health care needs. - Prescribes medications including controlled substances to the extent delegated and licensed. - Orders treatments and durable medical equipment as indicated. - Performs other therapeutic measures as indicated. - Assists patients and families in identification of goals of treatment and ongoing plans of care at every visit. Communicates these goals among Interdisciplinary Team. - Consults with palliative care physician or designees as needed, informs primary physician of services provided and collaborate with other physicians as needed. - Assists in all facets of care coordination for palliative care referrals. - Prepares and maintains accurate patient records, charts, and documents to support sound medical practice and reimbursement for services provided. - Ensuring continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multidisciplinary care team or with other specialty areas. - Participates in Quality Assurance activities and committee related to Nurse Practitioner scope of practice and policies/procedures. - Complies with applicable laws and regulations with respect to Collaborative Agreements. - Provides training and ongoing education and onboarding support for staff. - Defines goals for professional growth and participates actively in professional activities and organizations. - Engages in active and frequent self-care activities for personal and professional growth and longevity. - Adheres to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff and the Organization. **- Collaborates/communicates with Medical Director, attending Physician, hospital staff, and Interdisciplinary Team:** - Participates in Interdisciplinary Team meeting bi-weekly. - Collaborates/communicates with Interdisciplinary Team needs of patient for clinical and psycho-social interventions. - Assists in identifying the need for intervention o…