Palliative Nurse Practitioner Job at Hospice of Huntington, Huntington, WV

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  • Hospice of Huntington
  • Huntington, WV

Job Description

Position Title: Full-time or Per-diem Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner.

 
Responsibilities:

The Full-time or Per-diem Nurse Practitioner assesses treats, solves problems, counsel, and educates hospice and palliative care patients, utilizing advanced assessment and evaluation techniques for home based palliative care patients.

  • Performs consultative visits for certification and recertification assessment.
  • Performs consultative visits for pain and symptom management.
  • Offers clinical changes to plan of care with collaboration from attending physician and/or medical director. Offers clinical nursing changes to plan of care and communicates to hospice care team.
  • Prepares and provides staff training and medical and community training on relevant clinical aspects and end-of-life philosophy and care
  • Confers with medical directors to review diagnosis, assessment criteria, and issues of pain and symptom management for population served
  • Initiates any immediate orders with consult of the attending medical director.
  • Assesses health status and health potential plans, implements and evaluates health care needs of the patient/family.
  • Plans and evaluates therapeutic regimens for patients, to minimize pain and suffering, consulting with physicians and other members of the health care team, and community agencies.

 

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Completion of Accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.
  • Master’s degree in nursing.
  • Current license to practice as a registered nurse in Ohio and West Virginia.
  • Current certification as family or adult nurse practitioner.
  • Two years’ experience of practice in the Nurse Practitioner Role, geriatric experience preferred.

About Hospice of Huntington:

Hospice of Huntington is a non-profit agency that has been helping people with serious illness since 1982. We know that calling hospice for care is one of the hardest things you will ever do. We also know from caring for over 15,000 people that most people wish they had called sooner. Hospice of Huntington helps people with a life-limiting illness control the symptoms that keep them from living everyday life.

Job Tags

Daily paid, Full time, Immediate start,

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