Hospice Nurse Practitioner

Preferred Hospice of Missouri; Ballwin (MO); On-site; USD 15,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

Preferred Hospice is seeking a compassionate Hospice Nurse Practitioner to join our team in Missouri. You will perform regulated Face to Face visits to assist the Medical Director and Interdisciplinary Team in recertifying patients for hospice services.

In this role, you will manage a flexible schedule and document visits in a HIPAA-compliant EMR. Mileage reimbursement is provided, and training is available for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Current Nurse Practitioner license required.
• Knowledge of hospice philosophy and standards preferred.
• Familiarity with EMR/EHR systems.
• Experience in nursing homes, assisted living, home care, or clinics.
• Willingness to train the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Perform scheduled Face to Face visits with patients in homes or facilities.
• Document findings and provide to certifying physician for hospice eligibility determinations.
• Maintain HIPAA-compliant medical records via web-based EMR.
• Manage own schedule to complete visits within cert period dates.
• Occasionally respond to urgent admissions with same/next day visits.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Hospice knowledge

EMR/EHR familiarity

Flexible scheduling

Autonomy

Education

Nurse Practitioner license

Tools

EMR/EHR systems

Job description

Preferred Hospice is a well-established hospice with 5 offices across the state of Missouri including Columbia, St. Louis, Farmington, Dexter, and Ozark.

We are seeking a compassionate Hospice Nurse Practitioner to join our dedicated team. In this role, you will perform regulated Face to Face visits to assist the Medical Director and Interdisciplinary Team to recertify the patient for hospice services.

This job is paid per visit with mileage reimbursement.

Duties

• Perform scheduled Face to Face visits with patients who live in private homes, assisted living facilities, long term care facilities, etc.

• You will receive a list of required visits for the month and have 30 days to complete them and document your visits.

• You make your own schedule as long as each visit is completed timely based on that patient's cert period dates.

• The clinical findings of that visit will be provided to the certifying physician, for use in determining whether the patient continues to have a life expectancy of 6 months or less, should the illness run its normal course

• Occasionally you would be called upon to do a Face to Face visit in the same/next day for an urgent admission.

• Maintain accurate medical documentation in compliance with HIPAA regulations via a web-based EMR.

Qualifications

• Current Nurse Practitioner license with a knowledge of hospice philosophy, KPS, PPS, FAST, etc preferred.

• Willing to train the right candidate.

• Familiarity with EMR/EHR systems.

• Experience working in various settings including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care environments, or outpatient clinics.

We feel that hospice is a calling. This job has a lot of autonomy and flexibility of when visits are completed.