NP/PA - Palliative & Hospice Care Specialist

Mercycare; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids seeks a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the Care Connections Clinic. This full-time role supports patient-centered care, collaborates with physicians, and leads in care planning within a multidisciplinary team.

The ARNP/PA will perform examinations, order and interpret tests, prescribe interventions, and help guide the care plan while maintaining up-to-date knowledge of relevant regulations.

Qualifications

• Education sufficient to obtain required licensure.
• Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required.
• Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training not required for Care Connections or Geriatric Providers departments.
• Currently licensed to practice as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in the state of Iowa required.
• Valid driver’s license and personal automobile insurance required for Care Connections Clinic.

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents complete, system-focused, and/or symptom specific physical and psychosocial examination.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, performing, interpreting, and supervising in the assessment process.
• Prescribes pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions in collaboration with the supervising physician.
• Assists with the management of the plan of care through the evaluation, modification, and documentation according to the patient's response to therapy, change in condition, and to therapeutic interventions to optimize patient outcomes.
• Assesses the needs of families and caregivers.
• Synthesizes data from a variety of sources to make clinical judgments and decisions about appropriate recommendations and treatments.
• Initiates appropriate referrals and performs consultations.
• Demonstrates leadership of the health care team through teaching, coaching, and supporting to advance plan of care.
• Maintains current knowledge regarding state and federal regulations impacting ARNP practice.
• Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.
• Care Connections Clinic - Able to design comfort care plans for patients experiencing chronic disease states and/or end of life states.
• Works effectively with a multidisciplinary team including nurses, social workers, chaplains and medical director.
• Collaborates with health care team in the community to support effective transitions of care.

Skills

Strong leadership qualities

Exceptional communication skills

Critical analytic thought

Procedural assistance

Job description

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids seeks a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the Care Connections Clinic. This full-time role supports patient-centered care, collaborates with physicians, and leads in care planning within a multidisciplinary team.

The ARNP/PA will perform examinations, order and interpret tests, prescribe interventions, and help guide the care plan while maintaining up-to-date knowledge of relevant regulations.