Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Lower Cape Fear LifeCare; Wilmington (NC); Vor Ort; USD 100.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Lower Cape Fear LifeCare is recruiting for a full-time inpatient palliative care role in Wilmington, NC. You will work within our hospital-based palliative care program, providing compassionate, quality care across diverse backgrounds and settings.

Expect 40 hours per week with a schedule determined by team needs; caseload and visits vary with patient census. You will educate caregivers, coordinate with IDT, and participate in ongoing interdisciplinary collaboration to improve end-of-life care.

Aufgaben

• Provide hospital-based inpatient palliative care with a focus on quality, compassionate care for diverse patient populations.
• Coordinate care between patient hospital teams and community providers; place orders and communicate updates during and between visits.
• Educate caregivers on disease, advance care planning, medication administration, and end-of-life expectations.
• Collaborate with an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) including physician, nurse practitioner, RN, and medical social worker; participate in regular meetings.

Jobbeschreibung

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2 days ago Requisition ID: 2735

Schedule:

• Our Inpatient palliative care team serves patients 7 days a week. After your orientation period - your schedule will be determined based on need and discussed at the time of the interview. There is no on call duty associated with this role.
• This role will work 40 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on team needs.

Caseloads and Visits:

• Your caseloads will be variable based on schedule and patient census.
• Consultation visits can be up to 90 minutes; follow up visits can range from 15 to 45 minutes.
• The productivity goal is 6-8 patients daily, 1-2 new consults with 5-6 follow up visits.

What you'll be doing:

• You'll see your patients in a hospital environment. We provide quality care regardless of circumstance to a variety of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• You'll need to be comfortable educating the caregivers on how to care for their loved one. This might include things like disease education, advance care planning, how to administer medications, and what to expect at end-of-life.
• You'll be provided with a company phone, and other equipment as applicable to perform your duties.
• You will coordinate care between your patient's community medical providers, and other disciplines to provide updates, obtain and place new orders. This coordination takes place during and in between visits.
• You will be part of an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) consisting of a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, and a medical social worker. The team meets each morning at 8:30 AM to review patient assignments and discuss complex cases as needed. There is also a monthly business meeting with our CMO.
• You'll also collaborate with inpatient hospice clinical liaisons to coordinate and facilitate patient care at end-of-life.