Nurse Practitioner

VITAS Healthcare; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 98,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

VITAS Healthcare in Pensacola, FL is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to deliver hospice care in a community-based setting. The NP will assess patients, develop and adjust care plans, and coordinate with the patient’s care team.

Requires accredited NP program completion and state licensure. Minimum two years of hospice/home health experience in the past five years. Strong collaboration within an interdisciplinary team is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years hospice/home health experience in the past five years.
• Nurse Practitioner program completed and state licensure required.

Responsibilities

• Record physical findings and formulate care plan and prognosis.
• Discuss case with physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive care plan.
• Prescribe or recommend drugs or other forms of treatment.
• Monitor progress and report to supervising physician.
• Collaborate with hospice employees and volunteers as part of an IDT.

Skills

Collaborative teamwork with IDT

Patient care planning

Education

Accredited Nurse Practitioner program

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition.
• Discusses case with physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan.
• Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment.
• Monitors and maintains progress of patients and reports progress to supervising physician.
• Has the ability to work collaboratively with hospice employees and volunteers as part of an IDT.

• Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition.
• Discusses case with physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan.
• Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment.
• Monitors and maintains progress of patients and reports progress to supervising physician.
• Has the ability to work collaboratively with hospice employees and volunteers as part of an IDT.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates must have a minimum of (2) years experience in hospice, home health or community health in the past five (5) years.

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to assist in lifting and transferring patients as required.
• Lift objects in excess of 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
• The employee will be required to stand or walk in excess of one hour per day, talk, hear, sit, stoop, kneel and crouch as needed.

Education

Requires completion of accredited Nurse Practitioner program.

• State licensure is also required.

EOE/AA M/F/D/V