Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care

Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care

We are hiring for a Nurse Practitioner for Palliative Care. Position is Full Time.

At HighPoint Hospice, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy themeaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families,each other, and the communities we serveit truly is all about helping people.

?We strive to offer benefits that reward the whole you!?

• employee wellness programs
• flexibility for true work-life balance
• holidays & paid time off
• continuing education & career growth opportunities
• company-wide support & resources tohelp you achieve your goals

?Take your career to a new level of caring. Apply today!

• Demonstrates effective and ethical use of approved evidence-based palliative medicine practices in the delivery of all patient
  care based on physical, emotional, spiritual, psycho/social, ethical, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served
• Demonstrates knowledgeable clinical expertise by incorporating palliative care body of knowledge to formulate an effective plan of care
• Gathers pertinent information systematically from all sources, including medical records, family history, and caregivers, and thorough specialty physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual clinical patient assessment
• Completes a comprehensive assessment utilizing the palliative care domains of assessment, interprets findings, conducts medication reconciliation, and formulates problem-related diagnoses, initiates plan of care utilizing therapeutic interventions, and evaluates the results of these actions for adequate outcome responses.
• Provides thorough assessment of distressing symptoms utilizing appropriate scales and assessment techniques and prescribes evidence-based medications and adjunctive interventions for the palliation of symptoms
• Formulates diagnoses and documents a problem list which reflects the appropriate history, physical examination, and results of diagnostic tests

• RN/APRN licensure in state of practice
• Nurse Practitioner/CNS with prescriptive authority. Must maintain all requirements for licensure
• 5 years of clinical nursing experience. At least 1 year as APRN with Hospice, Palliative Care or Oncology preferred
• Advanced practice palliative care certification (ACHPN) is preferred. Certification in an appropriate advanced practice area will be considered. BCLS Licensure requirement. ACHPN Certification is encouraged following 2 years of employment or sooner when requirements for experience met.