Hospice Nurse Practitioner - Part-Time Home Care Leader

The Pennant Group; Casa Grande (AZ); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

The Nurse Practitioner is a registered professional nurse with advanced graduate education and clinical training who provides comprehensive hospice services under the supervision of a collaborating physician in Casa Grande, Arizona.

Responsibilities include evaluating health histories, diagnosing conditions, developing plan of care, prescribing medications, and coordinating hospice services with patients, families and the interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, compassionate end-of-life care in

Responsibilities

• 1. Provides medical care, palliates and manages terminal illness under supervision of a collaborating physician.
• 2. Completes history and physical examinations, evaluating medical condition and health history, ordering/interpreting tests, documenting findings.
• 3. Manages health conditions by developing an individualized plan of care, prescribing medications or treatments, coordinating hospice care services.
• 4. Completes hospice face-to-face visit requirements to assess eligibility and provides information for eligibility decisions.
• 5. Makes recommendations to the hospice medical director regarding patient eligibility for certification and recertification.
• 6. Reviews clinical information and oversees patient care in consultation with the hospice team.
• 7. Ensures patients receive measures to control symptoms via interdisciplinary collaboration.
• 8. Develops protocols for treatment and proposes interventions in collaboration with the physician.
• 9. Consults the physician when the plan of care is outside standard practice.

Job description

The Nurse Practitioner is a registered professional nurse with advanced graduate education and clinical training who provides comprehensive hospice services under the supervision of a collaborating physician in Casa Grande, Arizona.

Responsibilities include evaluating health histories, diagnosing conditions, developing plan of care, prescribing medications, and coordinating hospice services with patients, families and the interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, compassionate end-of-life care in