Hospice & Palliative NP: End-of-Life Care Leader

VIA Health Partners; Florence (SC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision & Dental

PTO 28 days

Mileage reimbursement

403b with match

CHPN assistance

Excellent onboarding

Veteran programs

Job summary

VIA Health Partners in Florence, SC is seeking a compassionate Nurse Practitioner to deliver high-quality end-of-life and palliative care to patients and families in our community-based program. The NP will provide medical management, pain and symptom control, advance care planning, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to ensure dignity and comfort at the end of life.

Minimum 1 year in relevant care settings is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year related experience.
• Experience in direct care of patients with life limiting illnesses required.
• Related experience may include hospice and palliative care; family medicine; internal medicine; geriatrics, oncology; home health care; medical surgical.

Responsibilities

• Promotes the highest quality of end of life care including hospice care and widespread use of advanced directives.
• Prevents suffering and alleviation of physical, spiritual, and psychological pain.
• Diagnoses, treats, and manages pain and other symptoms frequently experienced by patients at the end of life.
• Guides and counsels patients and their families regarding disease progression, prognosis and the benefits/burdens of therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and drugs.
• Prescribes and/or recommends therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and drugs (including narcotics) in accordance within the ethical principles of medicine.
• Plans for situations beyond the nurse practitioner’s expertise and conferring with the Medical Director, or a Medical Services Physician as appropriate.
• Serves as an end-of-life care education resource both within the organization and in the outside community.
• Pursues actively and passionately educational opportunities that lead to improved outcomes.

Skills

End-of-life care

Job description

VIA Health Partners in Florence, SC is seeking a compassionate Nurse Practitioner to deliver high-quality end-of-life and palliative care to patients and families in our community-based program. The NP will provide medical management, pain and symptom control, advance care planning, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to ensure dignity and comfort at the end of life.

Minimum 1 year in relevant care settings is required.