Job description

Overview

Nurse Practitioner- Palliative Care (REMOTE)

Schedule M-F 8a-5p

Are you a highly skilled and compassionate nurse practitioner looking for a rewarding career in palliative care at home? If so, we invite you to join the team with Contessa, an Amedisys company. Amedisys is one of the largest and most trusted home health and hospice companies in the U.S.

Attractive pay

$110-$120/Annual

Enjoy great perks and benefits

100% coverage for all in-network preventative medical and dental visits.
Up to $2,760 in annual employer contributions to your HSA.
Employer paid short-term and long-term disability coverage, at no cost to you.
Employer paid life insurance and AD&D coverage.
Accidental and critical illness plans available.
401k with company match.
Paid time off.
Mental health support, including counseling sessions through the Employee Assistance program.
Commuter benefits.
And more.

Responsibilities

Provides symptom management of chronically/terminally ill patients within an interdisciplinary team environment.
Conducts in home and telehealth assessments for patients with complex needs, including formulating a likely diagnosis, ordering and interpreting diagnostics and delivering appropriate care in line with patient's preferences and goals for care.
Prescribing new medications and performing medication reconciliation.
Demonstrates sound clinical judgement and prescribing proficiency in all aspects of symptom management and end of life care.
Able to facilitate family meetings, goals of care conversations and ACP discussions.
Leading oversight of care plans in conjunction with the rest of the clinical care team.
Advocating for the patient and caregiver in collaboration with other care providers to keep care as coordinated and consistent with patient's goals.
Participate in weekly IDT meeting that may include physicians, nurses, medical social workers and community health workers.
Communicates with primary and specialty providers, informing them of the plan of care and negotiating treatments.
Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Master's degree in nursing.
Licensed as a nurse practitioner, specific to the state(s) you are assigned to work.
Three years of experience in palliative care or geriatrics.
National certification in a primary field (adult, family, gerontology, acute adult, geriatrics).

Preferred

Hospice and palliative certification (ACHPN-Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse from The Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center (HPCC).
Advance care planning experience.
BCLS and ACLS certification.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Visiting Clinicians is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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