Home-Based Palliative Care NP — Compassion & Impact

UnitedHealth Group; Opelousas (LA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Incentive programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Acadian Palliative Care, part of LHC Group, is hiring a Palliative Care Nurse to provide direct patient and family care through palliative consultations. The role targets patients with serious illness and prognosis of one year or less not eligible for hospice.

Responsibilities include comprehensive assessments, medication reconciliation, and care planning. ACHPN certification is encouraged after two years. Salary ranges from $90,650 to $135,976 annually, with a full benefits package.

Qualifications

• RN/APRN licensure in state of practice.
• Nurse Practitioner/CNS with prescriptive authority.
• BCLS licensure.
• 5+ years of clinical nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• 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
• ACHPN certification encouraged after 2 years of employment or when experience requirements are met

Skills

Nursing experience

Prescriptive authority

BCLS certification

Education

RN/APRN licensure

APRN certification (ACHPN preferred)

Job description

Acadian Palliative Care, part of LHC Group, is hiring a Palliative Care Nurse to provide direct patient and family care through palliative consultations. The role targets patients with serious illness and prognosis of one year or less not eligible for hospice.

Responsibilities include comprehensive assessments, medication reconciliation, and care planning. ACHPN certification is encouraged after two years. Salary ranges from $90,650 to $135,976 annually, with a full benefits package.