Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner - Flagstaff, AZ

UnitedHealth Group; Flagstaff (AZ); On-site; USD 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Arizona Hospice is seeking a Palliative Care Nurse to provide direct patient and family care through palliative consultations, delivering specialized services for patients with serious illness.

This role emphasizes compassionate, evidence-based patient care and supports families through difficult decisions. Licensure and certification requirements are listed below.

Qualifications

• RN/APRN licensure in state of practice.
• Nurse Practitioner/CNS with prescriptive authority.
• BCLS licensure.
• Current CPR certification.
• 5+ years of clinical nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient and family care via palliative care consultations.
• Ensure specialty services for patients with serious illness and prognosis of one year or less.
• Conduct systematic assessments from medical records, family history and psychosocial factors.
• Perform comprehensive palliative assessments and formulate plan of care with therapies.
• ACHPN certification encouraged after 2 years of employment or when experience requirements are met.

Skills

RN/APRN licensure

Nurse Practitioner/CNS with prescript

BCLS licensure

CPR certification

5+ years clinical nursing

Job description

Explore opportunities with Northern Arizona Hospice, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As the Palliative Care Nurse, you will provide direct patient and family care through palliative care consultations, ensuring specialty services for patients with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates effective and ethical use of approved evidence-based palliative medicine practices in the delivery of all patient care based on physical, emotional, spiritual, psycho/social, ethical, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served
• Demonstrates knowledgeable clinical expertise by incorporating palliative care body of knowledge to formulate an effective plan of care
• Gathers pertinent information systematically from all sources, including medical records, family history, and caregivers, and thorough specialty physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual clinical patient assessment
• Completes a comprehensive assessment utilizing the palliative care domains of assessment, interprets findings, conducts medication reconciliation, and formulates problem-related diagnoses, initiates plan of care utilizing therapeutic interventions, and evaluates the results of these actions for adequate outcome responses
• ACHPN certification encouraged after 2 years of employment or when experience requirements are met

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• RN/APRN licensure in state of practice
• Nurse Practitioner/CNS with prescriptive authority
• BCLS licensure
• Current CPR certification
• 5+ years of clinical nursing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced practice palliative care certification (ACHPN)
• 1+ years as APRN in Hospice, Palliative Care, or Oncology

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $100,722 to $151,084 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are a drug-free workplace. Candidatesare required topass a drug test before beginning employment.