Per Diem Hospice NP — Compassionate Home Care

Optum; Cartersville (GA); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

401(k) contribution

Stock purchase program

Job summary

Amedisys, part of the Optum family, is hiring a Per Diem Hospice Nurse Practitioner to deliver compassionate, patient-centered care for life-limiting illnesses. You will focus on comfort, dignity, and quality of life within an interdisciplinary hospice team.

Responsibilities include communicating changes to the team, conducting face-to-face encounters, ordering diagnostics, coordinating referrals, and actively participating in team conferences.

Qualifications

• Current and unencumbered Nurse Practitioner license in the state of assignment.
• Driver's license and access to reliable transportation.
• Current CPR certification.
• 1+ years experience as a Nurse Practitioner or 1 year hospice RN in last 3 years.
• Authority to practice as a NP in the service state.
• Authority to prescribe as NP in the service state.
• Medicare billing privileges as NP.
• Meet state-specific collaborative physician requirements and provide agreements.
• Insurance as required by state law for NP practice or eligible via group plan.

Responsibilities

• Communicate significant findings to the clinical manager/attending physician and the team.
• Complete face-to-face encounters and assess disease changes, function decline, pain and QoL.
• Order/review labs and imaging for palliation and document treatment plan with collaborating physician.
• Refer to other disciplines as needed.
• Participate actively in interdisciplinary team conferences.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

CPR certification

Medicare billing knowledge

Hospice care experience

Communication skills

Education

Nurse Practitioner license

Job description

Amedisys, part of the Optum family, is hiring a Per Diem Hospice Nurse Practitioner to deliver compassionate, patient-centered care for life-limiting illnesses. You will focus on comfort, dignity, and quality of life within an interdisciplinary hospice team.

Responsibilities include communicating changes to the team, conducting face-to-face encounters, ordering diagnostics, coordinating referrals, and actively participating in team conferences.