Nurse Practitioner, Hospice

Care New England Health System; Warwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Hospice Nurse Practitioner to join their compassionate team. In this rewarding role, you will conduct comprehensive assessments of patients, ensuring they receive the highest standard of hospice care. Your expertise will guide the hospice team in making informed decisions based on symptom assessments and care plans. If you are passionate about providing comfort and support to patients and their families during challenging times, this opportunity offers a fulfilling career path in a supportive environment, where your contributions will make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in providing Hospice and/or Palliative Care.
• Ability to coordinate high levels of activity under various conditions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive reviews of hospice care plans and patient assessments.
• Document face-to-face visits in electronic records and communicate with the hospice team.

Skills

Hospice Care

Palliative Care

Patient Assessment

Electronic Record Documentation

Education

Advance Practice Nurse

Tools

Electronic Health Record Systems

Job description

The Hospice Nurse Practitioner will provide will support VNA Hospice by providing face to face visits to patients that need to recertify for hospice care. The Hospice Nurse Practitioner will ensure compliance with established professional and accreditation standards, practices and regulatory requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts a comprehensive review of the hospice plan of care and interval progression of illness
• Conducts a comprehensive assessment of symptom burden and effectiveness of current treatments to provide comfort
• Formulates a hospice diagnosis based on disease trajectory and the hospice LCD Criteria
• Assesses eligibility for Hospice Care

Interventions

• Recommends screening tests that are based on goals of care and risk/benefit/burden ratio and if needed for determining ongoing hospice eligibility
• Makes appropriate recommendations to the hospice team based on the symptom burden assessment
• Recommends plan for recertification on hospice

Communication

• Provides effective discussions of recommendations to the hospice clinical manager or the hospice medical director
• Completes a comprehensive documentation in the electronic record for the face to face visit

Administrative

• Electronic record documentation for face to face encounters

Able to Describe the Following:

• Infection control
• Standard Precautions
• Developmental issues through the life cycle

Requirements:

Advance Practice Nurse from an accredited university.

At least one (1) years previous experience providing Hospice and/or Palliative Care. Must possess the ability to coordinate a high level of activity under a variety of conditions and constraints. Advance Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care preferred.

RI NPP License, valid Driver’s license and auto insurance, BLS CPR